Sam Pilcher Trust

Analysis

Sam Pilcher Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in April 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, 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 provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Sam Pilcher Trust reported income of £67k and spending of £67k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £48k to £67k (+38%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sam Pilcher Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Society Inc (£67k), Mitchell's Miracles (£67k) and Burdens' Charitable Foundation (£67k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.