P F Charitable Trust

Analysis

P F Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, 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 March 2026, P F Charitable Trust reported income of £4.4m and spending of £2.7m, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £2.6m to £4.4m (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, P F Charitable Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shap Ltd (£4.4m), The Vegan Society (£4.4m) and I.o.o. Limited (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 8.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.3m. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate.