Abo Trust

Analysis

Abo Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Abo Trust reported income of £33k and spending of £52k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £33k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 243% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Abo Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Holy Trinity CE a Primary School PTA (£33k), Teign Heritage (£33k) and Shrewsbury U3a (£33k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.