The Charles Peel Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Charles Peel Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Charles Peel Charitable Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £49k, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £66k to £29k (-56%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 160% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Charles Peel Charitable Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Kentish Town School (£29k), 5th Crawley Scout Group (£29k) and Forward 4 Wiz Trust (£29k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.