Peter Sowerby Foundation

Analysis

Peter Sowerby Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2013, 13 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08492424). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Peter Sowerby Foundation reported income of £1.4m and spending of £2.2m, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £27.9m to £1.4m (-95%), an average of -53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 38% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Peter Sowerby Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Lennox Childrens Cancer Fund (£1.4m), South Tees Hospitals Charity and Associated Funds (£1.4m) and Groundwater Relief (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 18%. Reserves of £799k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.

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.