Sir Peter O'sullevan Charitable Trust

Analysis

Sir Peter O'sullevan Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Launceston. It was registered in January 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Sir Peter O'sullevan Charitable Trust reported income of £392k and spending of £781k, spending 199% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £140k to £392k (+180%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 175%. Over the whole period it spent 359% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Sir Peter O'sullevan Charitable Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woodlands Animal Sanctuary (£391k), The National Foundation for Retired Service Animals (£393k) and Love Underdogs (£390k).

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.