The Aurum Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Aurum Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in October 2007, 19 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 May 2025, The Aurum Charitable Trust reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.8m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £10.6m to £1.8m (-83%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income dropped by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 39% 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 Aurum Charitable Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lady Garden Foundation (£1.8m), Hackney Joint Estate Charity (£1.8m) and Sarabande (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 8.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.8m.