The Pastest Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Pastest Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Pastest Charitable Trust reported income of £58k and spending of £58k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from £46k to £58k (+27%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 135%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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 Pastest Charitable Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Michael Testler Charitable Foundation (£58k), Thornton Village Community Centre (£58k) and Christ All Nations Assembly (£58k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.