THE RORY PECK TRUST

Registered charity 1071844 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal objectives of the Trust are to support freelance newsgatherers and their families worldwide in times of need, and to promote their welfare and safety.

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

Latest income

£751k

Latest spending

£779k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £28,676 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing to £469,296. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves are sufficient to meet the stated policy target of four months' cover for core costs, and there are 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

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“One employee received remuneration in excess of £60,000 and their gross pay and employers contribution to their pension was £68,270.” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee received remuneration in excess of £60,000” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: around four months’ cover of the Trust’s relevant core costs (held: £261k)

“The Trustees aim to maintain general reserves to provide around four months’ cover of the Trust’s relevant core costs” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rory Peck Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£751k

Total spending

£779k

Cost of raising funds

£258k

Reserves (reported)

£261k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 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 (57% 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: 34.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/06/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Tira Shubartchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Alexander Nicholas Degraevenitz Peck
Andres Ilves
BEN DE PEAR
Catherine Alexandra Wiggins
Clive A Myrie
Colin Pereira
James Ravine
Pia Sarma
Timothy Francis Law · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Azerbaijan · Bangladesh · Belarus · Brazil · Burma · Burundi · Canada · City Of Westminster · Colombia · Ecuador · Egypt · France

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£751k	£779k
31/12/2024	£924k	£840k
31/12/2023	£714k	£815k
31/12/2022	£800k	£858k
31/12/2021	£781k	£609k

Common questions

Is THE RORY PECK TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £28,676 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing to £469,296. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves are sufficient to meet the stated policy target of four months' cover for core costs, and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE RORY PECK TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE RORY PECK TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE RORY PECK TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PRINTING CHARITY, THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION, COLONEL W H WHITBREAD CHARITABLE TRUST, THE OAKDALE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BRIDE FLEET STREET.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PRINTING CHARITY	FY2021	£40k	Education & Partnerships
THE PRINTING CHARITY	FY2024	£40k	Education & Partnerships
THE PRINTING CHARITY	FY2025	£40k	Education & Partnerships
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k	Overseas July 2023
COLONEL W H WHITBREAD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Grants, Other
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BRIDE FLEET STREET	FY2023	£300

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
DAVID AND ELAINE POTTER FOUNDATION	1	£660k
ANJUMAN-E-JAMALI (BRADFORD)	1	£303k
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£264k
ANJUMAN-E-ZAINEE (CROYDON)	1	£230k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£197k
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MARKETING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£112k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£105k
SCREENSKILLS LIMITED	1	£103k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DAWAT-E-HADIYAH TRUST (UNITED KINGDOM).

DAWAT-E-HADIYAH TRUST (UNITED KINGDOM) income £44.1m
THE TRUST FOR THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM income £347k
THE EPIPHANY TRUST income £298k
The Family Trust income £4.8m
ROTARY CLUB OF ROMSEY TEST TRUST FUND income £100k
THE JEANNINE VASSILIOU CHARITABLE TRUST income £115k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE RORY PECK TRUST	£751k	more than £60,000	1	above	—	no doubt
DAWAT-E-HADIYAH TRUST (UNITED KINGDOM) FY2024	£44.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TRUST FOR THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM FY2025	£347k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE EPIPHANY TRUST FY2024	£298k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The Family Trust FY2024	£4.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROTARY CLUB OF ROMSEY TEST TRUST FUND FY2025	£100k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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