Pten Research Foundation

Analysis

Pten Research Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in June 2017, 9 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 company (Companies House number 10529899). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Pten Research Foundation reported income of £619k and spending of £2.9m, spending 473% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £921k to £619k (-33%), an average of -9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 512% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pten Research Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Commission Apostolic Trust Ltd (£619k), Herefordshire Voluntary Organisations Support Service (£619k) and Bradford District Community Foundation (£618k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.8m. Reserves of £18.8m would cover about 77 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 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.