DACORUM COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 272759 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Dacorum Community Trust is a charity dedicated to helping those most in need within the Dacorum area, by managing and distributing funds it raises locally from individuals, companies and organisations.We assist local families who are disadvantaged through illness, loss of employment, and other circumstances.We are able to respond quickly and effectively.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£160k
Latest spending
£187k
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £20,295 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £205,790 to £178,345. The trustees' report notes that higher living costs increased demand for support, while the Chair's Report highlights a strategy to reduce reliance on Council and Lottery funding. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of six months of unrestricted expenditure, with unrestricted reserves at £71,892.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £72k)
“The Trustees aim to maintain the General Fund at a level which equates to approximately six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dacorum Community Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£160k£187k
31/03/2024£174k£202k
31/03/2023£186k£175k
31/03/2022£132k£125k
31/03/2021£117k£76k

Common questions

Is DACORUM COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £20,295 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £205,790 to £178,345. The trustees' report notes that higher living costs increased demand for support, while the Chair's Report highlights a strategy to reduce reliance on Council and Lottery funding. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of six months of unrestricted expenditure, with unrestricted reserves at £71,892. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DACORUM COMMUNITY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DACORUM COMMUNITY TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARY AND ST PAUL HEMEL HEMPSTEAD.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARY AND ST PAUL HEMEL HEMPSTEADFY2024£300Payment from Special Collections (Note 3c)

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund31/01/2024£134kRelieving the pressure
The National Lottery Community Fund21/05/2021£10kCovid 19 - the recovery
UK government03/08/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation18/12/2019£10kGrant to Dacorum Community Trust