Hon Charles Pearson Charity Trust

Analysis

Hon Charles Pearson Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Hon Charles Pearson Charity Trust reported income of £76k and spending of £76k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £81k to £76k (-6.8%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hon Charles Pearson Charity Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heals of Malmesbury (£76k), Hope 4 Kidz (£76k) and Rimpton Village Hall (£76k).

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.