Arimathea Charitable Trust
Analysis
Arimathea Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending April 2025, Arimathea Charitable Trust reported income of £131k and spending of £15k, leaving 89% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £6,736 to £131k (+1838%), an average of +110% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 4468%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Arimathea Charitable Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hampton Parochial Charity (£131k), Benefit Advice Shop (£131k) and North London Community House (£130k).
Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The trustees have allocated all available funds for each of these heads Religion, Parenting, Homeless, Third World, the Arts and disabled and will not consider unsolicited applications. They continue to review those charities who are currently in receipt of funds.It does not generally assist cancer related charities and medical charities generally, or those connected with HIV/AIDS and animals
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Hampton Parochial Charity | Middlesex | £131k |
| Benefit Advice Shop | Rhyl | £131k |
| North London Community House | London | £130k |
| Nasfat Thamesmead-Woolwich, UK | Romford | £131k |