THE ARETI CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1175627 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Areti Charitable Trust makes grants in order to give disadvantaged children/young people opportunities to experience and learn more about the natural world.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£147k

Latest spending

£175k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted funds of £4,683,515, with £846,167 in cash and £3,833,641 in investments. The trustees report no going concern uncertainties and confirm that the charity has no formal reserves policy, stating that one is not necessary due to the nature of its operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Trustees · trustee networks

CLARKE, P A
FOLLOWS, R A

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£147k	£175k
31/12/2024	£149k	£141k
31/12/2023	£128k	£149k
31/12/2022	£102k	£169k
31/12/2021	£92k	£88k

Common questions

Is THE ARETI CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted funds of £4,683,515, with £846,167 in cash and £3,833,641 in investments. The trustees report no going concern uncertainties and confirm that the charity has no formal reserves policy, stating that one is not necessary due to the nature of its operations. 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
THE DAVID AND RUTH BEHREND FUND	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

THE ATHERTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £104k
ARIMATHEA CHARITABLE TRUST income £131k
THE A. H. TRUST income £359k
THE WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST income £92k
ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRUST income £190k
ARIEL TRUST LIMITED income £246k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ARETI CHARITABLE TRUST	£147k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ATHERTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£104k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ARIMATHEA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£131k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE A. H. TRUST FY2025	£359k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£92k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRUST FY2024	£190k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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