Peterborough Culture and Leisure Trust

Analysis

Peterborough Culture and Leisure Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07171668). It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Peterborough Culture and Leisure Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £28k, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £126k to £17k (-86%), an average of -39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 470%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Peterborough Culture and Leisure Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Speen Parish Hall (£17k), Barton Mills Village Hall (£17k) and Teme Weirs Trust Ludlow (£17k).

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.