Peter Cadbury Charitable Trust

Analysis

Peter Cadbury Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, overseas aid/famine relief and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Peter Cadbury Charitable Trust reported income of £38k and spending of £49k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £32k to £38k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Peter Cadbury Charitable Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cheadle Heath Community Association (£38k), The Hoines Charitable Trust (£38k) and The Charente Group Benevolent Fund (£38k).

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.