The David Fenton 1989 Charitable Trust

Analysis

The David Fenton 1989 Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1989, 37 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 David Fenton 1989 Charitable Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £20k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £15k to £23k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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 David Fenton 1989 Charitable Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Zedek (£23k), Gordon Harvey Charitable Trust (£23k) and Tideswell and District Community Association (£23k).