Philip King Charitable Trust

Analysis

Philip King Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in May 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Philip King Charitable Trust reported income of £220k and spending of £604k, spending 274% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £199k to £220k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 377% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Philip King Charitable Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sant Baba Joginder Singh Ji Domeli Charitable Trust (£220k), London Search & Rescue (£220k) and Rwanda Action (£220k).

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.