Apex Trust

Analysis

Apex Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilford. It was registered in September 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Apex Trust reported income of £859k and spending of £1.3m, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £435k to £859k (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Apex Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grangewood Educational Association (£856k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Sepulchre Without Newgate (£859k) and Institute of Charity (£855k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 69% and donations and legacies 25%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 3.4%. Reserves of £420k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.