The Nathanael Trust

Analysis

The Nathanael Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in June 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Nathanael Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £12k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £5,825 to £12k (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 661%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Nathanael Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bradley Evangelical Church (£12k), The Just Love Project (£13k) and Shikor (BD) West London UK (£12k).