The Public Purposes Share of the Dartmouth Trust

Analysis

The Public Purposes Share of the Dartmouth Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dartmouth. It was registered in October 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Public Purposes Share of the Dartmouth Trust reported income of £93k and spending of £151k, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £109k to £93k (-14%), an average of -3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Public Purposes Share of the Dartmouth Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Derbyshire Federation of Young Farmers Clubs (£93k), Nayland Meadow Limited (£93k) and The Antiquity Trust (£93k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.