Margaret Pyke Trust

Analysis

Margaret Pyke Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, environment/conservation/heritage and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03438741). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Margaret Pyke Trust reported income of £485k and spending of £576k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £615k to £485k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Margaret Pyke Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (£484k), New Ways (£485k) and Marie Collins Foundation (£484k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.