THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1121227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO FURTHER SUCH OBJECTS OR PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.TRUSTEE'S DO NOT ACCEPT UNSOLICITED APPEALS.

Objects

TO FURTHER SUCH OBJECTS OR PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Mole Valley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free reserves were £nil at the year-end, a position the trustees attribute to the timing of expenditure recognition and transfers from the endowment fund. The trustees' reserves policy is to distribute income arising in each financial year, and they do not consider significant free reserves necessary given the availability of the expendable endowment fund. Per the independent auditor's report, there are no material uncertainties relating to the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Transfers from endowment fund (91% of income)
“Total incoming resources for the year ended 31 May 2025 was £1,847,100 (2024: £1,098,183) consisting of investment income of £161,395 (2024: £214,827) and transfers from the endowment fund of £1,685,705 (2024: £883,356).” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“At 31 May 2025 the charity’s free reserves were £nil (2024: £nil). The nil balances at the balance sheet dates is the result of the timing of expenditure recognition and the transfer of funds from endowment to unrestricted funds.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Blue Spire Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.8m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£1.8m£1.8m
31/05/2024£1.1m£1.1m
31/05/2023£1.1m£1.1m
31/05/2022£1.3m£1.3m
31/05/2021£10.6m£940k

Common questions

Is THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's free reserves were £nil at the year-end, a position the trustees attribute to the timing of expenditure recognition and transfers from the endowment fund. The trustees' reserves policy is to distribute income arising in each financial year, and they do not consider significant free reserves necessary given the availability of the expendable endowment fund. Per the independent auditor's report, there are no material uncertainties relating to the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Blue Spire Limited.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
DEMENTIA ADVENTURE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST£1.8m—0below—no doubt
THE STATHAM FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£62k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FULMER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£494k—0above—no doubt
THE BARHAM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£58k——unclear—no doubt
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£554k—0within—no doubt
AUDREY EARLE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£180k—0unclear—no doubt

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