The Earl Fitzwilliam Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Earl Fitzwilliam Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in May 1975, 51 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 March 2025, The Earl Fitzwilliam Charitable Trust reported income of £282k and spending of £391k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £276k to £282k (+2.1%), an average of +0.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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 Earl Fitzwilliam Charitable 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 Alopecia UK (£282k), New Covenant Church Streatham (£282k) and Redeemed Christian Church of God ('RCCG') Strong Tower Parish (£282k).

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.