The Peckham Settlement

Analysis

The Peckham Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00255374). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Peckham Settlement reported income of £24k and spending of £100k, spending 412% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £27k to £24k (-12%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 199%. Over the whole period it spent 137% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Peckham Settlement sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include RCCG Winner's Tabernacle Ltd (£24k), Church of Shalom (Wycombe Marsh) (£24k) and United Apostolic Church and Faith Healing Ministries (£24k).