ARIMATHEA CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1081715 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trustees have allocated all available funds for each of these heads Religion, Parenting, Homeless, Third World, the Arts and disabled and will not consider unsolicited applications. They continue to review those charities who are currently in receipt of funds.It does not generally assist cancer related charities and medical charities generally, or those connected with HIV/AIDS and animals

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£131k

Latest spending

£15k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds amounted to £2,413,119, all held as expendable endowment, with unrestricted reserves at zero. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £44,969 for the year, driven by investment income and donations, despite a significant unrealized loss on investments.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient investment income to meet the level of donations paid, cover the charity’s administration costs and to be able to respond to any emergency applications (held: £2.4m)

“It is the Trustees intention to sustain the expendable endowment fund at a level which will provide sufficient investment income to meet the level of donations paid, cover the charity’s administration costs and to be able to respond to any emergency applications that may arise from time to time.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Fees of £9,234 incurred with Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, where Trustee Simon Weil is a current partner. £5,820 was outstanding at year-end.

“During the year, fess of £nil (2024: £ 17,094) and £9,234 (2024: £nil) were incurred relating to BDB Pitmans LLP and Charles Russell Speechlys LLP respectively. One of the Trustees, Simon Weil, was a former partner at BDB Pitmans LLP and is a current partner of Charles Russell Speechlys LLP. At the balance sheet date, an amount of £5,820 (2024: £nil) was outstanding owing to Charles Russell Speechlys LLP.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

GLENDA CATRIONA WEIL
SIMON PATRICK WEIL · trustee of 13 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
25/04/2025	£131k	£15k
25/04/2024	£24k	£53k
25/04/2023	£11k	£42k
25/04/2022	£308k	£47k
25/04/2021	£7k	£55k

Common questions

Is ARIMATHEA CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds amounted to £2,413,119, all held as expendable endowment, with unrestricted reserves at zero. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £44,969 for the year, driven by investment income and donations, despite a significant unrealized loss on investments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SAMJO LIMITED	1	£1.1m
MOLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£95k
THE EIGHTY EIGHT FOUNDATION	1	£8k
BRUSHMILL LIMITED	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRACE CHARITABLE TRUST.

TRACE CHARITABLE TRUST income £350k
SHEMTOV CHARITABLE TRUST income £738k
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUST income £157k
THE ATHERTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £104k
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST income £842k
THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM ENDOWMENT TRUST income £494k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ARIMATHEA CHARITABLE TRUST	£131k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRACE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£350k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SHEMTOV CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£738k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£157k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ATHERTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£104k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£842k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.