The Aidan Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Aidan Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in January 2001, 25 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.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Aidan Charitable Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £106k, spending 957% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £200k to £11k (-94%), an average of -52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 7204%. Over the whole period it spent 122% 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 Aidan Charitable Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Barker Charitable Trust Limited (£11k), Tidworth and Ludgershall Men's Shed (£11k) and Tur Langton Village Hall (£11k).

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.