The Arthur Stevens Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Arthur Stevens Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sudbury. It was registered in September 1996, 30 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Arthur Stevens Charitable Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £6,171, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £23k to £10k (-56%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 36974%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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 Arthur Stevens Charitable Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The So-Ma Trust (£10k), Clifton-On-Teme-Village Hall (£10k) and GCT (£10k).