The Panacea Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Panacea Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in July 1963, 63 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. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Panacea Charitable Trust reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £684k to £1.1m (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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 Panacea Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British Society for Heart Failure (£1.1m), Neuro Therapy Centre Ltd (£1.1m) and Nishkam Civic Association (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 66% of spending and raising funds 32%. Grants to other organisations totalled £307k. Reserves of £47.7m would cover about 525 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.