The Peru Children's Trust

Analysis

The Peru Children's Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidenhead. It was registered in August 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Peru Children's Trust reported income of £47k and spending of £51k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £49k to £47k (-3.7%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Peru Children's Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Survivors of Depression in Transition (£47k), Lighthouse of God Ministries (Logm) (£47k) and The Stiliyan Petrov Foundation (£47k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.