The Pharsalia Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Pharsalia Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wantage. It was registered in August 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Pharsalia Charitable Trust reported income of £64k and spending of £102k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £59k to £64k (+8.3%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 140% 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 Pharsalia Charitable Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Management Training and Education Centre (Mtec) (£64k), Ronnie Richards Memorial Charity (£64k) and Rhoose Lifeguards (£64k).

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.