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the william delafield charitable trust

The charity supports other charities or voluntary bodies. The William Delafield Charitable Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is arts, culture, heritage, or science. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in Oxford and operates in Central Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and various other locations.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Grants mainly for the restoration of records or archives of historical societies/bodies or restoration of historic churches - recipients are usually restricted to bodies within or bordering the counties of Bedfordshire Bucks or Oxfordshire and of known interest to the Trustees.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£433,328
Latest Expenditure
£14,667,059

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 88.3%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 87.8%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 12.9%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £0
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £0
Investments £775,249
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £684,681
Raising Funds £95,131
Governance £5,670
Grants to Institutions £658,938
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£433,328£14,667,0590 / 0
2023£775,249£779,812£684,681£25,384,331£25,384,3310 / 0
2022£670,980£677,893£570,479£27,435,777£27,435,7770 / 0
2021£569,488£624,642£534,367£26,187,221£26,187,2210 / 0
2020£656,443£648,224£555,194£21,377,121£21,377,1210 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers