Penzance and West Penwith Old Peoples Welfare Trust

Analysis

Penzance and West Penwith Old Peoples Welfare Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Penzance. It was registered in November 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Penzance and West Penwith Old Peoples Welfare Trust reported income of £425k and spending of £395k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £304k to £425k (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Penzance and West Penwith Old Peoples Welfare Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brecon and District Mind (£424k), Women Connect First (£425k) and The Mackintosh Foundation (£424k).