Peabody Community Foundation

Analysis

Peabody Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01267728). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Peabody Community Foundation reported income of £9.0m and spending of £9.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7.7m to £9.0m (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Peabody Community Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mifal Tzedoko V'chesed Limited (£8.7m), Locality (UK) (£9.1m) and The Association of Jewish Refugees (Ajr) (£8.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 71%, charitable activities 15% and investments 13%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £264k. Reserves of £34.4m would cover about 45 months of spending at that rate.