The Pettifor Trust Corporation

Analysis

The Pettifor Trust Corporation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in September 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04871798). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Pettifor Trust Corporation reported income of £160k and spending of £163k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £137k to £160k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Pettifor Trust Corporation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Beryl Evetts and Robert Luff Animal Welfare Trust Limited (£160k), Norfolk Greyhound Rescue (NGR) (£160k) and Association of Show and Agricultural Organisations (£160k).

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.