The D & Ap Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The D & Ap Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dawlish. It was registered in August 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The D & Ap Family Charitable Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £21k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £5,972 to £15k (+158%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The D & Ap Family Charitable Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heddon Village Knott Memorial Hall (£15k), Tilstock Village Hall (£15k) and The Morley Family Charitable Trust (£15k).

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.