Pappa Fund

Analysis

Pappa Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chippenham. It was registered in January 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Pappa Fund reported income of £20k and spending of £21k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £17k to £20k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 207% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pappa Fund sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Janet Catherine Mackay Trust (£20k), The Robert and Evelyn Maud Hall Charitable Trust (£20k) and Capel Sports Pavilion (£20k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.