The Arnold Burton 1998 Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Arnold Burton 1998 Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wetherby. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Arnold Burton 1998 Charitable Trust reported income of £159k and spending of £185k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £164k to £159k (-3.6%), an average of -0.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Arnold Burton 1998 Charitable Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rheumatology Discretionary Fund Ucl Charity (£159k), LA Leche League Great Britain (£159k) and Ministry of Enlightenment (£158k).

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.