The Pear Tree Fund

Analysis

The Pear Tree Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Pear Tree Fund reported income of £362k and spending of £348k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £263k to £362k (+37%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Pear Tree Fund sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society (£362k), The Robin Cancer Trust (£362k) and The Link Tees Valley Ltd (£361k).