The Peter Minet Trust

Analysis

The Peter Minet Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 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 September 2025, The Peter Minet Trust reported income of £163k and spending of £326k, spending 200% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £164k to £163k (-0.9%), an average of -0.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 210% 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 Minet Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hardy Family Foundation (£162k), G M C Trust (£164k) and Celestial Church of Christ, New Jerusalem Ministries (£162k).

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.