The Dewar Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Dewar Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury. It was registered in September 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Dewar Charitable Trust reported income of £57k and spending of £21k, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £31k to £57k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Dewar Charitable Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reachout Community Church Irchester (£57k), Onward Trust (£57k) and Charismatic Methodist Church, Milton Keynes (£57k).