THE CRISPIN DAVIS FAMILY TRUST

Registered charity 1150637 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve hardship amongst children and young people across the world who are in need of help as a result of poverty, lack of education or illness.

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Latest income

£507k

Latest spending

£507k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted incoming resources were £215,151, while total resources expended on charitable activities and governance costs totaled £507,150, resulting in a net outgoing of £291,999. The expendable endowment fund decreased from £9,246,462 to £8,279,131, a drop driven by investment losses and grant payments. The trustees report that reserves are sufficient to maintain planned grant-making levels and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain the endowment fund at a level to provide a sufficient capital base to generate an income level sufficient to maintain the level of grant making planned in the future (held: £8.3m)

“The trustees aim to maintain the endowment fund at a level to provide a sufficient capital base to generate an income level sufficient to maintain the level of grant making planned in the future.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant to Whizz Kidz, an organization where trustee Crispin Davis served as chairman until July 2025.

“Crispin Davis was chairman of Whizz Kidz until July 2025. In the year ended 5 April 2025 the charity paid a grant to Whizz Kidz of £50,000.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Gibson Booth. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£507k

Total spending

£507k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (58% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

SIR CRISPIN HENRY LAMERT DAVISchair
Angela Jane Spaid
Caroline Sarah Davis King
Julia Anne Davis

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Angola · Botswana · Brazil · Burkina Faso · Burma · Cambodia · Central African Republic · Colombia · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ethiopia · France · Ghana

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£507k	£507k
05/04/2024	£269k	£475k
05/04/2023	£218k	£12k
05/04/2022	£459k	£459k
05/04/2021	£309k	£307k

Common questions

Is THE CRISPIN DAVIS FAMILY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted incoming resources were £215,151, while total resources expended on charitable activities and governance costs totaled £507,150, resulting in a net outgoing of £291,999. The expendable endowment fund decreased from £9,246,462 to £8,279,131, a drop driven by investment losses and grant payments. The trustees report that reserves are sufficient to maintain planned grant-making levels and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Gibson Booth.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KIDS TRUST.

KIDS TRUST income £57k
BARON DAVENPORT'S CHARITY CIO income £192k
The Crerar Family Trust income £243k
CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUST income £259k
THE TOMLINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £284k
THE PHILIP J DAVIES FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £128k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CRISPIN DAVIS FAMILY TRUST	£507k	—	above	—	no doubt
KIDS TRUST FY2025	£57k	—	below	—	no doubt
BARON DAVENPORT'S CHARITY CIO FY2025	£192k	—	above	—	no doubt
The Crerar Family Trust FY2025	£243k	—	above	—	no doubt
CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£259k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TOMLINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£284k	—	below	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.