Epaphras Trust

Analysis

Epaphras Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Epaphras Trust reported income of £42k and spending of £72k, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £79k to £42k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Epaphras Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Indian Dental Association - UK (£42k), Ercall Magna, Payton Recreation Ground and Village Hall (£42k) and Newlands Community Association (£42k).

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.