The Lapa Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Lapa Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in May 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Lapa Charitable Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £7,846, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £24k to £22k (-7.1%), an average of -1.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Lapa Charitable Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Migrate CIO (£22k), Voice of the African Child (£22k) and Christ Church Over Wyresdale Trust (£22k).