The Yapp Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Yapp Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Yapp Charitable Trust reported income of £160k and spending of £303k, spending 190% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £172k to £160k (-7.1%), an average of -1.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 165% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Yapp Charitable Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Blueberry Foundation (£160k), Karten Network (£160k) and Bristol Women's Voice (£160k).

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.