Ove Arup Partnership Charitable Trust

Analysis

Ove Arup Partnership Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ove Arup Partnership Charitable Trust reported income of £719k and spending of £729k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £616k to £719k (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 115%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Ove Arup Partnership Charitable Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Herbert and Stefanie Straus Memorial Trust (£717k), Galileo Foundation (£723k) and The Annandale Charitable Trust (£712k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%.