The Peter Ward Charitable Trust
Analysis
The Peter Ward Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in April 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending April 2026, The Peter Ward Charitable Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £41k, spending 369% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £5,119 to £11k (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 365% 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, The Peter Ward Charitable Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brigadier Goulburn's 1982 Charitable Trust (£11k), The L C H Charitable Trust (£11k) and Faldingworth Village Hall (£11k).
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The charity supports such charitable bodies or charitable objects as it may from time to time determine. Income from the charity's investment portfolio ( which were originally gifted to the charity by Peter Ward in 1968) is distributed in the form of cash grants to such charitable causes as it determines each year The charity does not normally consider unsolicited applications.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Brigadier Goulburn's 1982 Charitable Trust | Maidstone | £11k |
| The L C H Charitable Trust | Dorchester | £11k |
| Faldingworth Village Hall | Market Rasen | £11k |
| Battens Charitable Trust | Somerset | £11k |