The Peter Samuel Royal Free Fund

Analysis

The Peter Samuel Royal Free Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gower Street. It was registered in June 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Peter Samuel Royal Free Fund reported income of £34k and spending of £99k, spending 287% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £20k to £34k (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 127% 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 Peter Samuel Royal Free Fund sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ear Trust (£34k), Marton Community Centre Group (£34k) and The Proven Family Trust (£34k).