Commission Apostolic Trust Ltd

Analysis

Commission Apostolic Trust Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in December 2012, 14 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 company (Companies House number 08293624). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Commission Apostolic Trust Ltd reported income of £619k and spending of £648k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £791k to £619k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 87%. 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, Commission Apostolic Trust Ltd 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 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bradford District Community Foundation (£618k), Pten Research Foundation (£619k) and Friends of Pedal Power Project Ltd (£618k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 88%, charitable activities 9.7% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £67k. Reserves of £109k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.

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.