Petans Limited

Analysis

Petans Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in November 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01853527). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Petans Limited reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.6m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £2.5m to £2.3m (-7.9%), an average of -2.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Petans Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Bury Manor School Trust Limited (Dorset House School) (£2.3m), Paris Dauphine International (£2.3m) and Leeds Beckett Students' Union (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, investments 3.1% and trading 1.3%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £6.7m would cover about 31 months of spending at that rate. It employed 58 people.

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.