The Abhayaratna Trust

Analysis

The Abhayaratna Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in October 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Abhayaratna Trust reported income of £227k and spending of £146k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £269k to £227k (-16%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Abhayaratna Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lee Gardens Pool Committee (£227k), Plasma of Hope (£227k) and Sapphire Partnership (£227k).