Thomas Pocklington Trust

Analysis

Thomas Pocklington Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05359336). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Thomas Pocklington Trust reported income of £6.6m and spending of £7.7m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5.2m to £6.6m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Thomas Pocklington Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Osteoporosis Society (£6.6m), Sunderland Counselling Service (£6.6m) and Bowel Cancer UK (£6.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 86% and charitable activities 14%. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 27%. Grants to other organisations totalled £745k. Reserves of £11.1m would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 79 people.

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.