The Nottingham Arimathea Trust

Analysis

The Nottingham Arimathea Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06006531). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Nottingham Arimathea Trust reported income of £508k and spending of £573k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from £268k to £508k (+90%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Nottingham Arimathea Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Smart Works Yorkshire (£507k), Islamic Integration Community Centre Iicc (£508k) and St Mary's (Bramall Lane) Community Centre (£507k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 59% and donations and legacies 21%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £25k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.