Ambrose and Ann Appelbe Trust

Analysis

Ambrose and Ann Appelbe Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Ambrose and Ann Appelbe Trust reported income of £147k and spending of £56k, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £51k to £147k (+186%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 46% 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, Ambrose and Ann Appelbe Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abersoch Village Hall (£147k), Sujata Banerjee Dance Company Limited (£147k) and Shirebrook Miners' Welfare Centre (£147k).