Pig Shed Trust

Analysis

Pig Shed Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in April 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Pig Shed Trust reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.2m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.6m to £1.3m (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Pig Shed Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lord Whisky Sanctuary Fund (£1.3m), Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Coventry and District Branch CIO (£1.3m) and Jai Dog Rescue (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 39%, charitable activities 21%, investments 8.2% and trading 3.4%. Charitable activities took 7.7% of spending and raising funds 38%. Reserves of £10.6m would cover about 101 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.