Peacock Charitable Trust

Analysis

Peacock Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Peacock Charitable Trust reported income of £935k and spending of £1.4m, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £417k to £935k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 192% 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, Peacock Charitable Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Corton Hill Trust (£933k), The Blue Thread (£936k) and Balqees Welfare Foundation (£933k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.4m.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.