Peter Cowley Africa Trust

Analysis

Peter Cowley Africa Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in May 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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, Peter Cowley Africa Trust reported income of £120k and spending of £50k, leaving 59% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £54k to £120k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 246%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Peter Cowley Africa Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birmingham Samaritans (£120k), Association of Stoma Care Nurses UK (£120k) and The George and Esme Pollitzer Charitable Settlement (£120k).