DIDYMUS

Registered charity 1152432 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Didymus is a small charity which supports organisations delivering high quality, creative projects, which widen access to and participation in the arts in Greater London and Yorkshire.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£110k
Latest spending
£118k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £3,596,511, driven by a net movement in funds of £129,107 which included significant investment gains. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £0, as all unrestricted funds were transferred to the endowment fund to support future grant-making obligations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Reserves are held by the charity in order to be invested to provide income for grants and administration, and if required to be used to meet future grant obligations” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 01/12/2021)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£569k
Cost of raising funds
£5k
Reserves (reported)
£20k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/12/2025£110k£118k
01/12/2024£126k£189k
01/12/2023£197k£82k
01/12/2022£141k£177k
01/12/2021£1.2m£569k

Common questions

Is DIDYMUS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £3,596,511, driven by a net movement in funds of £129,107 which included significant investment gains. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £0, as all unrestricted funds were transferred to the endowment fund to support future grant-making obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DIDYMUS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DIDYMUS as a grant recipient include DOGS FOR AUTISM.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DOGS FOR AUTISMFY2023£5kRestricted funds

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DUNMOS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DIDYMUS£110k—0below—no doubt
DUNMOS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£359k—0above—no doubt
YEDIDIM ASSOCIATION LTD FY2025£230k—0unclear—no doubt
NICODEMUS FY2024£126k—0within—no doubt
WALLINGFORD & DIDCOT ROTARY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION CIO FY2024£194k—0unclear—no doubt
CHASODIM FUND FY2025£237k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.