Peter Samuel Charitable Trust

Analysis

Peter Samuel Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in March 1975, 51 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 Samuel Charitable Trust reported income of £148k and spending of £291k, spending 197% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £88k to £148k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 119% 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 Samuel Charitable Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Livewell Foundation (£147k), The Martyn Bracegirdle Charitable Foundation (£148k) and Fairfield Community Trust (£147k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.