Ar-Rahmah Trust

Analysis

Ar-Rahmah Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in October 2007, 19 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ar-Rahmah Trust reported income of £45k and spending of £31k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £504k to £45k (-91%), an average of -45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ar-Rahmah Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Heera Foundation (£45k), Need to Talk (£45k) and Nottinghamshire Leukaemia Appeal (£45k).