DANDIA CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 293664 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DANDIA CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED

Allocation of grants. Administration of assets.

Objects

(I) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND WELFARE OF CHILDREN. (II) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATON FOR CHILDREN IN THE INTERESTS OF THEIR SOCIAL WELFARE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE RECREATIONAL CHARITIES ACT 1958 AND AS THEREIN LIMITED.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£260k
Latest spending
£112k
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £54,878 for the year ended 30 June 2024, resulting in total net assets of £2,045,344. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £432,602, which is above the stated policy target of retaining a minimum of £100,000. The charity does not employ any staff and relies on investment income to fund its grant-making activities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's grant giving (reserves figure: £433k)
“It is the policy of the Trust to retain a minimum of £100,000 (2023: £75,500) at any one time by way of reserves, representing one year's grant giving.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2023 (received 01/05/2024, 1 day after the 30/04/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £577k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Poland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£260k£112k
30/06/2024£141k£167k
30/06/2023£194k£100k
30/06/2022£158k£90k
30/06/2021£162k£83k

Common questions

Is DANDIA CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £54,878 for the year ended 30 June 2024, resulting in total net assets of £2,045,344. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £432,602, which is above the stated policy target of retaining a minimum of £100,000. The charity does not employ any staff and relies on investment income to fund its grant-making activities. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DANDIA CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DANDIA CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include UNSEEN (UK).

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
UNSEEN (UK)FY2025£30kGeneral

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 TYNESIDE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DANDIA CHARITABLE TRUST£260k—0unclear—no doubt
TYNESIDE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£30k—0below—no doubt
SARNIA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£46k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DINSWADE TRUST FY2025£254k—0below—no doubt
BEDFORDSHIRE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£372k—0unclear—no doubt
FULL FACT FY2025£3.1m£110,000 - £119,9999above—no doubt

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