Ben Amram Charitable Trust

Analysis

Ben Amram Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, 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 November 2025, Ben Amram Charitable Trust reported income of £993k and spending of £986k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £993k (-20%), an average of -5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2022, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ben Amram Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hachnosas Kalloh North London (£992k), The Goldhill Play Association (£993k) and Revach Vehazola Trust (£992k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £18k.