The Peter Smith Charitable Trust for Nature

Analysis

The Peter Smith Charitable Trust for Nature is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in January 1990, 36 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Peter Smith Charitable Trust for Nature reported income of £250k and spending of £234k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £125k to £250k (+100%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 209% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Peter Smith Charitable Trust for Nature sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southern Thailand Elephant Foundation (£250k), Shak (Safe Homes and Kindness) (£251k) and Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Surrey Woking and District Branch (£248k).