Armenian General Benevolent Union London Trust

Analysis

Armenian General Benevolent Union London Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Armenian General Benevolent Union London Trust reported income of £263k and spending of £273k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £249k to £263k (+5.4%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Armenian General Benevolent Union London Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Denham (£263k), Custom House and Canning Town Community Renewal Project (£263k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Danehill (£263k).

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.