The Arnold Lee Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Arnold Lee Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1972, 54 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 April 2025, The Arnold Lee Charitable Trust reported income of £857k and spending of £652k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £173k to £857k (+397%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 567%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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 Arnold Lee Charitable Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include JMWM Hussain Foundation (£855k), The Truemark Trust (£868k) and The Theodore Maxxy Charitable Trust (£854k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96% and investments 4.4%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £617k. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 32 months of spending at that rate.