Pem Charitable Trust

Analysis

Pem Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in January 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Pem Charitable Trust reported income of £36k and spending of £52k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £6,516 to £36k (+460%), an average of +54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 275%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Pem Charitable Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oak Trust (£36k), Village Hall (Harston) (£37k) and New Great Hollands Community Association (£36k).

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.