The Petra Foundation

Analysis

The Petra Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilford. It was registered in March 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2024, The Petra Foundation reported income of £22k and spending of £20k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income grew from £10k to £22k (+123%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Petra Foundation sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harry and Gertrude Landy Charitable Trust (£22k), The Almshouse Charity of Thomas Huntbach and Randal Francis Tongue Croxall (£22k) and St Hild and St Helen Christian Fellowship (£22k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.