PETERBOROUGH ENVIRONMENT CITY TRUST
Registered charity 1023929 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as P E C T, PECT
PECT champions sustainable practices in order to leave a lasting legacy for future generations. We work with a multitude of communities, schools, businesses, local authorities and voluntary organisations to deliver projects that help build sustainable communities in Peterborough and beyond.
Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £467,490 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £2,353,167. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves are in line with the stated policy target of £245,000, providing a secure financial base. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of core operational expenditure (held: £2.4m)
“As of March 2025, the target level of free reserves is £245,000, representing approximately three months of core operational expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Green Energy Switch Limited (Subsidiary company) Peterborough Environment City Trust made sales / recharges to Green Energy Switch Limited of £16,188 (2024 - £11,545). There was an obligation at the year-end for Green Energy Switch to gift-aid the lower of their taxable and distributable profits for the year to Peterborough Environment City Trust, and therefore a balance of £267,538 is owed from the subsidiary company to the parent company at the year-end.
“Peterborough Environment City Trust made sales / recharges to Green Energy Switch Limited of £16,188 (2024 - £11,545). There was an obligation at the year-end for Green Energy Switch to gift-aid the lower of their taxable and distributable profits for the year to Peterborough Environment City Trust, and therefore a balance of £267,538 is owed from the subsidiary company to the parent company at the year-end.” — page 48
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Green Energy Switch Limited
“PECT is also the parent of Green Energy Switch Limited (GES), a wholly owned trading subsidiary.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
GREEN ENERGY SWITCH LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Profit before tax: £26k
- Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £268k
- Trade creditors 11,871 16,028 Amounts owed to group undertakings 267,538 310,590 Other taxation and social security 70,717 63,458 Accruals and deferred income 3,245 11,636 353,371 401,712
“Amounts owed to group undertakings 267,538”
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Peterborough Environment City Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Stuart Dawks — Chief Executive Officer (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- SISODIA, Dimple — director, appointed 17/12/2025on trustee list
- HOLLAND, Peter James — director, appointed 02/04/2025on trustee list
- SUTHERLAND, Ashley Nicole — director, appointed 22/10/2021on trustee list
- HANSEN, Penny Jane — director, appointed 29/09/2021not on trustee list
- COLE, James Gordon — director, appointed 29/09/2021on trustee list
- TREWHELLA, Steven Paul — director, appointed 28/08/2019on trustee list
- WALKER-HARRISON, Chloe Vanessa — director, appointed 28/08/2019on trustee list
- WILLISON, Toby William, Dr — director, appointed 31/10/2016on trustee list
- BROTHERTON, Peter Nicolas Meade — director, appointed 25/01/2016on trustee list
- SUTHERLAND, Ashley — secretary, appointed 22/10/2021
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£759k
Reported reserves equal ~13.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (55% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 29.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Toby William Willisonchair
- Ashley Sutherland
- Chloe Walker-Harrison
- Dimple Sisodia
- Dr Peter Brotherton
- James Cole · trustee of 1 other charity
- Penelope Hansen
- Peter James Holland · trustee of 1 other charity
- Steven Trewhella
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: France · Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is PETERBOROUGH ENVIRONMENT CITY TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £467,490 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £2,353,167. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves are in line with the stated policy target of £245,000, providing a secure financial base. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.
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