The Earl of Derby's Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Earl of Derby's Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in November 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Earl of Derby's Charitable Trust reported income of £32k and spending of £20k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £24k to £32k (+33%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Earl of Derby's Charitable Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Furley Page Foundation CIO (£32k), Swardeston Village Hall (£32k) and The Edna Johnson Will Trust Charity (£32k).