The Ab David Charity

Analysis

The Ab David Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Ab David Charity reported income of £32k and spending of £61k, spending 193% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £35k to £32k (-9.3%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 351% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Ab David Charity sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sierra Leone Hastings Association U.k. (£31k), Blue Skye Thinking (£32k) and The Shuaib Chaudhary Foundation (£31k).

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.