The Pennycress Trust

Analysis

The Pennycress Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in September 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 April 2025, The Pennycress Trust reported income of £84k and spending of £49k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £66k to £84k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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 Pennycress Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Edward Rose Charitable Trust (£84k), Royal Air Force Halton Apprentices Association (Old Haltonians) (£84k) and Wokingham Fireworks Charitable Trust (£84k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.