DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 231860 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST (OTHERWISE THE GEORGE BREEZE SECTION CHARITABLE TRUST)

To make charitable grants.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£222k

Latest spending

£374k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust incurred an overall deficit of £713,744 for the year, primarily driven by a £562,096 decrease in the value of investments. Despite this loss, the Trust holds total unrestricted funds of £10,080,654, comprising a designated Investment fund of £10,059,739 and a general fund of £20,915. The Trustees confirm that sufficient reserves are held and have a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £20,000 (held: £21k)

“The Trustees’ policy is to maintain free reserves of £20,000.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Warner Wilde Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

WILLIAM BREEZEchair
Dr CHARLES BREEZE
Dr ELIZABETH BREEZE
GEORGE BREEZE · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN BREEZE
MARK BREEZE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£222k	£374k
05/04/2024	£228k	£344k
05/04/2023	£207k	£301k
05/04/2022	£228k	£298k
05/04/2021	£252k	£195k

Common questions

Is DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust incurred an overall deficit of £713,744 for the year, primarily driven by a £562,096 decrease in the value of investments. Despite this loss, the Trust holds total unrestricted funds of £10,080,654, comprising a designated Investment fund of £10,059,739 and a general fund of £20,915. The Trustees confirm that sufficient reserves are held and have a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Warner Wilde Limited.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE KNIGHTLAND FOUNDATION	1	£80k
SF FOUNDATION	1	£33k

Charities like this

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

INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUST income £153k
DOLLOND CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.6m
MEKADSHEI SHEVEI CHARITABLE TRUST income £156k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST income £212k
SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST income £820k
THE AIMWELL CHARITABLE TRUST income £608k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST	£222k	—	above	—	no doubt
INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£153k	—	above	—	no doubt
DOLLOND CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£1.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MEKADSHEI SHEVEI CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£156k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£212k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£820k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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