The Areopagus Trust

Analysis

The Areopagus Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in April 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Areopagus Trust reported income of £83k and spending of £91k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £47k to £83k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 151%. Over the whole period it spent 166% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Areopagus Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sturry and District United Church (£83k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Werburgh, Wembury (£83k) and The Ecological Conversion Group (£83k).

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.