The National Association for the Relief of Apnoea Generally Known As Help Prevent a Cot Death Appeal

Analysis

The National Association for the Relief of Apnoea Generally Known As Help Prevent a Cot Death Appeal is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in November 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The National Association for the Relief of Apnoea Generally Known As Help Prevent a Cot Death Appeal reported income of £115k and spending of £120k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £121k to £115k (-5.3%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 National Association for the Relief of Apnoea Generally Known As Help Prevent a Cot Death Appeal sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Creative Connected Communities (£115k), Hadfield Institute Limited (£115k) and The Peires Family Foundation (£115k).