People's Trust for Endangered Species

Analysis

People's Trust for Endangered Species is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Battersea Park Road. It was registered in August 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, People's Trust for Endangered Species reported income of £1.8m and spending of £2.0m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £1.8m (+3.2%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, People's Trust for Endangered Species sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gloucestershire Animal Welfare Association and Cheltenham Animal Shelter (£1.8m), The Pangea Trust (£1.8m) and The Flicka Foundation (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 69%, charitable activities 24%, trading 3.2% and investments 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £523k. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 24%. Grants to other organisations totalled £355k. Reserves of £3.1m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.