# The Digby Charity

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 248267 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/248267)
- Latest income: £21.3k; spending £8,200
- What it funds: Health / saving of lives, Prevention or relief of poverty
- Who it helps: Older people
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Dorset
- Trustees: 3
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/digby-charity

To apply the income of the Charity for the benefit of old and sick persons of small means in the parishes of Wimborne Minster, Wimborne St Johns and Colehill, providing nursing, medical, surgical and all other facilities, for their treatment of injury, sickness, disability and personal comfort.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Finances by year (Charity Commission)

| Year ending | Income | Spending | Grants to organisations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sept 2025 | £21.3k | £8,200 | not filed |
| 30 Sept 2024 | £17.8k | £8,200 | not filed |
| 30 Sept 2023 | £12.6k | £21k | not filed |
| 30 Sept 2022 | £11.7k | £3,379 | not filed |
| 30 Sept 2021 | £10.8k | £15.1k | not filed |

## Charitable objects

> The benefit of old and sick persons of small means and to provide for their nursing medical surgical and similar facilities and personal comfort whilst undergoing such treatment

## What it funds

The Digby Charity is registered under the Charity Commission purposes health / saving of lives and prevention or relief of poverty for older people; the register records that it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations. In its latest reported year The Digby Charity reported income of £21.3k and spending of £8,200. Over its last 5 reported years, to 30 Sept 2025, it spent £55.9k in total.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Dorset.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from The Digby Charity in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

## Questions

### Is The Digby Charity open for applications now?

Not in OpenGrant's sources as of 4 Nov 2026: no open or forthcoming scheme from The Digby Charity is listed. Check the funder's website for programmes that are not yet open or that it does not advertise.

### Where does The Digby Charity fund?

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Dorset.

### Does The Digby Charity give grants to individuals?

Yes, according to the Charity Commission register, which records that The Digby Charity makes grants to individuals as well as to organisations. Check its own guidance for who qualifies.

### How much does The Digby Charity give each year?

The register does not break out The Digby Charity's grants for its latest year (only charities with income over £500,000 file that detail). Its total spending in the year to 30 Sept 2025 was £8,200. Over its last 5 reported years its spending averaged £11.2k a year.

### How large is The Digby Charity?

In its latest reported year The Digby Charity reported income of £21.3k and spending of £8,200.


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