The John Apthorp Charity

Analysis

The John Apthorp Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05004498). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The John Apthorp Charity reported income of £409k and spending of £429k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £381k to £409k (+7.3%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The John Apthorp Charity sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lincoln Pelican Trust Limited (£409k), Moving on with Life & Learning Ltd (£409k) and Able 2 Achieve Trust Ltd (£409k).

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.