The Sweetpea Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Sweetpea Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Sweetpea Charitable Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £27k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £21k to £21k (+2.1%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 117% 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 Sweetpea Charitable Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The George O'brien Trust (£21k), Teddies for Loving Care Nottinghamshire (£21k) and Pineapple Club (£21k).

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.