Peterson's Fund for Children

Analysis

Peterson's Fund for Children is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walton-on-Thames. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Peterson's Fund for Children reported income of £74k and spending of £49k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £66k to £74k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Peterson's Fund for Children sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gurney Charitable Trust (£74k), The Association for Post-Natal Illness (£74k) and Divine Arrow of Deliverance Evangelistic Ministries (Diadem) (£74k).