Ptarmigan Trust

Analysis

Ptarmigan Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Perth and Kinross. It was registered in August 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Ptarmigan Trust reported income of £70k and spending of £79k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £70k to £70k (+0.5%), an average of +0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Ptarmigan Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gomer Faith Ministries (£70k), The Stimmatini Fathers Trust (£71k) and Emmanuel Pentecostal Church (£70k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.