The Vaseppi Trust

Analysis

The Vaseppi Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Vaseppi Trust reported income of £106k and spending of £376k, spending 355% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,334 to £106k (+1886%), an average of +111% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 1591%. Over the whole period it spent 400% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Vaseppi Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bloc Projects (£106k), Norfolk Tank Museum (£106k) and Sport and Arts in the Community (Sparc) South West Shropshire (£106k).

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.