Doncaster Rotherham and District Motor Trades

Analysis

Doncaster Rotherham and District Motor Trades is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Doncaster. It was registered in February 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01909956). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Doncaster Rotherham and District Motor Trades reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.7m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.7m (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Doncaster Rotherham and District Motor Trades sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alpha Preparatory School, Ltd (£1.7m), Now Teach (£1.7m) and Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81% and investments 18%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £5.4m would cover about 38 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.