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THE PEPPER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1056823 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Pepper Foundation supports children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. We do this by funding hospice at home care and by providing specialist play services and family days.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£544k
Latest spending
£507k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus before grants of £331,543 and held free reserves of £244,066, which the trustees confirm satisfies their policy requirement of covering six to nine months of operating costs. The filing notes that the charity is moving forward with confidence and energy into a new era, having successfully mitigated risks associated with the closure of a key partner hospice by establishing new strategic relationships.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Family Charitable Trust (46% of income)
“Family Charitable Trust £250,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 29.3% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“With fundraising income of £533,368 and fundraising costs of £156,041, the charity’s fundraising return on investment was 3.42 for the year.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six and nine months of the Charity’s operating costs (held: £244k)
“The Trustees have determined that unrestricted general reserves (after deducting any amounts designated by the Board) should comprise funds to cover between six and nine months of the Charity’s operating costs” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Pepper Events Limited
“Its only fixed asset investment is in its wholly owned trading subsidiary, Pepper Events Limited, a company incorporated in the UK with an issued share capital of £1.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Pepper Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£544k
Total spending
£507k
Cost of raising funds
£156k
Reserves (reported)
£104k
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% 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: 28.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Hertfordshire · Milton Keynes

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£544k£507k
31/03/2024£392k£501k
31/03/2023£405k£332k
31/03/2022£316k£331k
31/03/2021£427k£603k

Common questions

Is THE PEPPER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a surplus before grants of £331,543 and held free reserves of £244,066, which the trustees confirm satisfies their policy requirement of covering six to nine months of operating costs. The filing notes that the charity is moving forward with confidence and energy into a new era, having successfully mitigated risks associated with the closure of a key partner hospice by establishing new strategic relationships. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE PEPPER FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PEPPER FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE KENNETH & SUSAN GREEN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE MILL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION, THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£250kRelief of those in need
THE KENNETH & SUSAN GREEN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£30k
THE KENNETH & SUSAN GREEN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£25kAdvancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science
THE KENNETH & SUSAN GREEN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£20k
THE MILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUSTFY2024£10kActivities and support for disabled children and young people and their families.
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2023£9k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2024£9k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2022£8k
THE TOY TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE TOY TRUSTFY2022£4k
THE TOY TRUSTFY2023£4k
THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITYFY2025£4k
THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITYFY2022£3k
THE DIXIE ROSE FINDLAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kAnn Rylands Small Donations
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable TrustFY2025£2k
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable TrustFY2022£1k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kCharitable Donation
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1kCharitable Donation
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1kCharitable Donation
THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITYFY2024£1k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kCharitable Donation
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2025£0
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2025£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/08/2025£20kSpecialised play for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2024£20kSpecialised play for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions
The National Lottery Community Fund20/01/2023£10kQuality time for children with life-limiting conditions
The National Lottery Community Fund29/10/2020£10kQuality Time for Children and Families with Life-limiting illness
The National Lottery Community Fund27/06/2019£10kAddressing social isolation for families

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SALOMAN FOUNDATION1—
THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATION1£100k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATION1£50k
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£45k
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION1£25k
THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST1£17k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST1£12k
THE LYNNE AND NIGEL ROSS CHARITABLE TRUST1£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Charlie & Carter Foundation Limited.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PEPPER FOUNDATION£544k—0above29.3%no doubt
The Charlie & Carter Foundation Limited FY2025£275k—0unclear—no doubt
PEEPS FY2025£270k—0unclear—no doubt
PEPAL FOUNDATION FY2024£299k—0unclear—no doubt
HAVEN HOUSE FOUNDATION FY2025£5.9m——above—no doubt
THE FAMILY PLACE FOUNDATION FY2025£224k—0below—no doubt

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