ARIEL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 519688 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing training and educational resources for young people and people from disadvantaged groups.

Objects

4 The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to the following:(i) to promote for the benefit of the public the furtherance of education, training, knowledge and understanding of all members of the public (with emphasis on the members of the public who are young, disadvantaged or facing the risk of social exclusion) through and in all aspects of sound, television and digital media; and(ii) To advance in life and help young people through providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £83,250 for the year, increasing total funds to £151,746. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves were £18,319, while the charity faces future funding risks as current grants from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership are expected to end in 2026/27.

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• YAQUB RAHMANchair
• Ben Robert Broadhurst
• Dr Margaret Webster
• KEIR ASHTON
• Kelly Pennington

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

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

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