Apex Charitable Trust Limited

Analysis

Apex Charitable Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Helens. It was registered in June 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01628566). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Apex Charitable Trust Limited reported income of £201k and spending of £253k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £175k to £201k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Apex Charitable Trust Limited sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sully Bowls Foundation (£200k), Viva Gymnastics Club (£201k) and Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Fund (£200k).

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.