CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 271492 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Generation of income for charitable purposes.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£259k

Latest spending

£216k

Registered

1976

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £5,117,103 at the year end, derived primarily from a listed investment portfolio. The trustees maintain a policy not to generally accumulate income, applying generated income to charitable donations in the year received or the following year. The charity had no employees during the year and reported a net movement in funds of negative £18,830.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: not to generally accumulate income (held: £5.1m)

“It is the Trustees’ policy not to generally accumulate income.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Trading subsidiary: CELUS HOLDINGS LIMITED Companies House 01801851

CELUS HOLDINGS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

Turnover: £2.5m
Profit before tax: £2.7m
Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £1.0m

“Dividends declared and paid (1,000,000)”

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

JONATHAN PAUL MAURICE DENTchair
CAROLINE SARAH DENT
LOUISA RACHEL DENT

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£259k	£216k
05/04/2024	£247k	£219k
05/04/2023	£97k	£239k
05/04/2022	£218k	£236k
05/04/2021	£171k	£235k

Common questions

Is CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £5,117,103 at the year end, derived primarily from a listed investment portfolio. The trustees maintain a policy not to generally accumulate income, applying generated income to charitable donations in the year received or the following year. The charity had no employees during the year and reported a net movement in funds of negative £18,830. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

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
DILLHAVEN LIMITED	1	£92k
SHEMTOV CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£58k
M AND M FOUNDATION	1	£30k
SAMJO LIMITED	1	£25k
J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£17k
KTRUST LIMITED	1	£12k
PARKLAKE CHARITY TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

THE CASCIA TRUST income £312k
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST income £124k
PARACLETOS income £307k
CHORTKOV TRUST income £219k
ENGLISH HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST income £398k
THE CRISPA (RICHARD CAHN) CHARITABLE TRUST income £111k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUST	£259k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CASCIA TRUST FY2024	£312k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£124k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PARACLETOS FY2025	£307k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHORTKOV TRUST FY2025	£219k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ENGLISH HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£398k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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