Aptitude Trust
What it does
Exploring education for traumatised children.
Its charitable purposes
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION - IN PARTICULAR THROUGH: * THE FACILITATION OF RESEARCH;* THE AWARDING OF BURSARIES TO PERSONS WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE RESEARCH CARRIED OUT BY THE APTITUDE TRUST; AND * THE DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH CONCLUSIONS UNDERTAKEN BY THE APTITUDE TRUST.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Sponsors or carries out research
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined.
Income and spending
In the year ending 30 September 2025, it had income of £18,977 and spent £1.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | £18,977 | £1 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 September 2024 | £392 | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 September 2023 | £1,302 | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 September 2022 | £1,411 | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 September 2021 | £3,421 | £5,430 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 455%, from £3,421 in the year to 30 September 2021 to £18,977 in the year to 30 September 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 0% of its income in the year to 30 September 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 30 September 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Clare Adele Stevenson
- Judy Thomas
- Teresa Sophia Kate Penn
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | 30 July 2026 | Received 14 July 2026, 16 days early | Not required |
| 30 September 2024 | 30 July 2025 | Received 23 October 2025, 85 days late | Not required |
| 30 September 2023 | 30 July 2024 | Received 3 July 2024, 27 days early | Not required |
| 30 September 2022 | 30 July 2023 | Received 18 May 2023, 73 days early | Not required |
| 30 September 2021 | 30 July 2022 | Received 27 June 2022, 33 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1115264
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 12 July 2006
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 19 SEPTEMBER 2005.
- Website
- www.aptitudetrust.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Monmouthshire
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.