The Peter Kershaw Trust

Analysis

The Peter Kershaw Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in February 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Peter Kershaw Trust reported income of £290k and spending of £206k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £102k to £290k (+185%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Peter Kershaw Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thornton Lodge Action Group (£289k), Friends of the Yeatman Hospital (£290k) and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Health Services Charity (£289k).