Dewsbury Welfare Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Its stated purpose is preventing or relieving poverty anywhere in the world, so work that clearly addresses poverty is the natural fit, and its geographic focus is worldwide.
- No grant range is published, so the size of a request is hard to judge from the available material; the only figure given for individuals is £283.
- No application process is published, and none was found in the annual report, register entry or website, so check the website first and then make a short enquiry rather than assuming a form exists.
- Nothing published indicates deadlines or how competitive awards are, so a first contact is the best way to learn the timing.
- No exclusions are stated, so these facts rule no organisation out, but work not centred on poverty relief is unlikely to match its stated purpose.
Overview
Dewsbury Welfare Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1180430).
Dewsbury Welfare Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It was founded by a group from Dewsbury, UK, with a shared passion to help those in need, and it exists to prevent or relieve poverty anywhere in the world by providing grants to charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty. Its annual giving was £1,212,389 in its latest annual report, and it also reports making grants to organisations and individuals running poverty-relief projects worldwide.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The trust's stated purpose is to prevent or relieve poverty anywhere in the world through grants to charities and other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty. It also reports making grants to organisations and individuals running poverty-relief projects worldwide. On its website, it describes its aim as supporting people who are less fortunate in its community and beyond, and says standard donations are used on the most needy projects. Its stated giving therefore supports poverty-relief work through both organisational and individual grants, alongside direct donation-funded projects.
Themes
- Poverty relief
Geographic Focus
Anywhere In The World.
How to apply
No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- International
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 October 2021 | £412,682 | £367,208 | — | Accounts for year to 31 October 2021 |
| year to 31 October 2022 | £567,969 | £480,070 | £438,735 | Accounts for year to 31 October 2022 |
| year to 31 October 2023 | £825,985 | £801,519 | £678,458 | Accounts for year to 31 October 2023 |
| year to 31 October 2024 | £1,832,734 | £1,763,491 | £1,614,371 | Accounts for year to 31 October 2024 |
| year to 31 October 2025 | £1,378,059 | £1,246,939 | £1,212,389 | Accounts for year to 31 October 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 October 2022; year to 31 October 2023; year to 31 October 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 October 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- ddwt.org · read on 30 October 2026
- ddwt.org/product-page/standard-donation · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 October 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission
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