The E P a Cephalosporin Fund

Analysis

The E P a Cephalosporin Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in September 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The E P a Cephalosporin Fund reported income of £4.4m and spending of £4.7m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £3.5m to £4.4m (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 72% 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 E P a Cephalosporin Fund sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Yardley Great Trust Group (£4.4m), I.o.o. Limited (£4.4m) and The Carers' Resource (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.7m.