MARGARET PYKE TRUST

Registered charity 1064672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARGARET PYKE MEMORIAL TRUST, MARGARET PYKE TRUST, WITH THE POPULATION & SUSTAINABILITY NETWORK

A charity working in the UK, Africa and Asia specialising in contraception and reproductive health. Providing clinical training; health education; supporting academic research; raising awareness of the links between population dynamics, reproductive health and rights and other development priorities; and managing projects integrating reproductive health services with other interventions.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust ended the year with a deficit of £67,571, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £179,210. Per the trustees' report, income was down by 20% against the budget, while expenditure was down by 11%, and the Trust maintains a reserves policy target of four to six months of core expenditure. The trustees consider the Trust to have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable twelve months.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £80,001 - £90,000 (FY2025) to £60,000 - £70,000 (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• European Union’s Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights — “with our partner the Thohoyandou Victim Empowerment Programme (TVEP), we developed a major project funded by the European Union’s Instrument…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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: 12.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sophia Copemanchair
• Chanel Bannister
• Dr Chelsea Morroni
• Dr Tabinda Sarosh
• Melissa Martin
• Professor Susannah Harding Mayhew · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kenya · South Africa · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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