The Aurelius Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Aurelius Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Betchworth. It was registered in May 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Aurelius Charitable Trust reported income of £56k and spending of £113k, spending 202% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £67k to £56k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 171% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Aurelius Charitable Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Glamorgan Girl Guides Association (£56k), Ripon St Cecilia Society Ltd (£56k) and Glen Tramway Preservation Company Limited (£56k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.