The Amateurs Trust

Analysis

The Amateurs Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Luton. It was registered in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Amateurs Trust reported income of £286k and spending of £692k, spending 242% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £226k to £286k (+26%), an average of +6.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 231% 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 Amateurs Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Kingdom Association for Transactional Analysis (£286k), OPAL Services (Rural West Cheshire) (£286k) and Little Lady Locks (£286k).

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.