Rosanna Pearson's 1987 Charity Trust

Analysis

Rosanna Pearson's 1987 Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Rosanna Pearson's 1987 Charity Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £54k, spending 466% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £5,179 to £12k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 675% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rosanna Pearson's 1987 Charity Trust sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Bleeders (£12k), Friends of Leigh Church (£12k) and Makwawa Malawi Limited (£12k).

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.