The Aurora Trust

Analysis

The Aurora Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Aurora Trust reported income of £1.9m and spending of £3.0m, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £2.0m to £1.9m (-9.0%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 188%. Over the whole period it spent 150% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Aurora Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Advice Cheshire West (£1.8m), The Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of London (£1.9m) and Ichud Mosdos Gur Limited (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 53% and investments 40%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.5m. It employed 15 people.

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.