Defibrillators in Public Places Charitable Trust

Analysis

Defibrillators in Public Places Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Defibrillators in Public Places Charitable Trust reported income of £26k and spending of £22k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £5,961 to £26k (+335%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 248%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Defibrillators in Public Places Charitable Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include High Halstow Village Hall (£26k), The Smallest Things (£26k) and The Blair Foundation (£26k).