The Aimwell Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Aimwell Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 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 and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Aimwell Charitable Trust reported income of £608k and spending of £760k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £115k to £608k (+428%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 166%. Over the whole period it spent 386% 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, The Aimwell Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mather Family Charitable Trust (£607k), Prospero World (£611k) and Voluntary Action South West Surrey (£601k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £744k. Reserves of £13.5m would cover about 214 months of spending at that rate.

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.