The Pied Piper Trust

Analysis

The Pied Piper Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in June 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Pied Piper Trust reported income of £764k and spending of £737k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £348k to £764k (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Pied Piper Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lancashire Foundation (£764k), The Ralph Levy Charitable Company Limited (£764k) and Harrow Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Ltd (£764k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 51%, donations and legacies 47% and investments 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £108k. Charitable activities took 48% of spending and raising funds 42%. Reserves of £710k would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.