The Asian Students Christian Trust

Analysis

The Asian Students Christian Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Camberley. It was registered in March 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Asian Students Christian Trust reported income of £185k and spending of £212k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2023 to March 2025, income fell from £437k to £185k (-58%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Asian Students Christian Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ummat-Ul-Islamiyyat (£185k), Beeston's, Andrewes' and Palyn's Charity (£185k) and Lifecentre Salford (£185k).