The Sir Francis Pemberton Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Sir Francis Pemberton Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Sir Francis Pemberton Charitable Trust reported income of £39k and spending of £24k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £301k to £39k (-87%), an average of -40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 67% 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 Sir Francis Pemberton Charitable Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Smiling heart foundation UK (£39k), Pakistan Welfare Association UK (£39k) and Langport Church Community Trust (£39k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.