The Derek Raphael Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Derek Raphael Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Derek Raphael Charitable Trust reported income of £34k and spending of £161k, spending 478% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £848k to £34k (-96%), an average of -55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Derek Raphael Charitable Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hitched Communities Ltd (£34k), East Park Hostel for the Homeless (£34k) and Dewsbury East Community Trust (£34k).

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.