Peter Dixon Charitable Trust

Analysis

Peter Dixon Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1970, 56 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 March 2025, Peter Dixon Charitable Trust reported income of £132k and spending of £1.2m, spending 897% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £102k to £132k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 307% 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, Peter Dixon Charitable Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Massicot West Limited (£132k), Algbra X (£132k) and Summerhill Trust ltd (£132k).

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.