William Appleby Memorial Trust

Analysis

William Appleby Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Doncaster. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, William Appleby Memorial Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £18k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £984 to £15k (+1386%), an average of +96% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 248%. Over the whole period it spent 311% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, William Appleby Memorial Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mid Northumberland U3a (£15k), Friends of Isleworth Town (£15k) and The Friends of Harleston Sancroft Academy (£15k).

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.