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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.

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Latest income
£246k
Latest spending
£163k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£246k£163k
31/03/2024£140k£196k
31/03/2023£120k£181k
31/03/2022£258k£172k
31/03/2021£171k£154k

Common questions

Is ARIEL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/02/2024£148kEmpowering children’s voice
The National Lottery Community Fund26/02/2019£209kBuilding resilience in a digital world
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/02/2009£25k"Nan and Grandad meet Youths"
The National Lottery Community Fund04/11/2005£5kRadio Station

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
NORWICH CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES1£15k
WOODLANDS GREEN LTD1£9k
THE STRANGWARD TRUST1£8k
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF ALDERMAN JOHN NORMAN1£5k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£4k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION1£3k
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE A. H. TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ARIEL TRUST LIMITED£246k—0unclear—no doubt
THE A. H. TRUST FY2025£359k——unclear—no doubt
THE EXAIREO TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
THE AA TRUST FY2024£264k—0unclear—no doubt
C R AND I TRUST LIMITED FY2023£151k—0unclear—no doubt

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