Trust for Research and Education on the Arms Trade (Treat)

Analysis

Trust for Research and Education on the Arms Trade (Treat) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Trust for Research and Education on the Arms Trade (Treat) reported income of £350k and spending of £182k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £207k to £350k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Trust for Research and Education on the Arms Trade (Treat) sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Borras Park Full Day Care Provision (£350k), The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (£350k) and Cressex Community School Fund (£349k).