PETER COWLEY AFRICA TRUST

Registered charity 1037257 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Assisting Kenyan youth and other Kenyans in the promotion of education, relief of hardship, suffering and disease and the advancement of the Christian religion. Giving grants through our 3 trust partners and directly to 2 schools in Kenya to fund water, agriculture, adult education, school building and health improvement projects as well as drought and famine relief..

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£120k

Latest spending

£50k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust's capital fund increased by 26.62% in the year, driven by a significant cash injection from the Robert Cowley Estate. The Trust holds substantial unrestricted reserves, with total net assets rising to £718,526.65, providing a strong financial base for its charitable activities in Kenya.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALISON MARY MBUGUA
ANDREW PAUL COWLEY
David Anthony Eldridge
Frances Louise Eldridge
Margaret Anne Pedder · trustee of 2 other charities
Michael Lester Cowley
REV MALCOLM MACNAUGHTON · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kenya

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£120k	£50k
31/12/2024	£35k	£89k
31/12/2023	£47k	£56k
31/12/2022	£40k	£68k
31/12/2021	£54k	£63k

Common questions

Is PETER COWLEY AFRICA TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust's capital fund increased by 26.62% in the year, driven by a significant cash injection from the Robert Cowley Estate. The Trust holds substantial unrestricted reserves, with total net assets rising to £718,526.65, providing a strong financial base for its charitable activities in Kenya. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
PEGASUS	1	£43k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	1	£21k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	1	£20k
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£19k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	1	£14k
EA FOUNDATION	1	£10k
E F BULMER TRUST	1	£9k
The ROSL Foundation	1	£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COBALT TRUST.

THE COBALT TRUST income £654k
AFRICAN ADVENTURES FOUNDATION income £331k
AFRICAN CHILDRENS EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £111k
THE EDUCATIONAL FRONTIER TRUST income £364k
Afro-Asia Welfare Trust income £175k
LANGALANGA TRUST income £88k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PETER COWLEY AFRICA TRUST	£120k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COBALT TRUST FY2025	£654k	—	above	—	no doubt
AFRICAN ADVENTURES FOUNDATION FY2025	£331k	—	within	—	no doubt
AFRICAN CHILDRENS EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EDUCATIONAL FRONTIER TRUST FY2024	£364k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Afro-Asia Welfare Trust FY2025	£175k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.