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.

Objects

The objects of the charity shall be, for the public benefit, such charitable purposes which are exclusively charitable purposes according to the law in England and Wales, as the directors may from time to time determine; they shall in particular include, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the provision of practical and financial support to freelance journalists and their families, including assistance in times of crisis and helping them to work more safely and professionally.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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 (reserves figure: £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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 1
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 9

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 1
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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
The Teesside Charity	1	£10k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHORLEYWOOD	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

THE PARTNERSHIP TRUST income £206k
THE PFC TRUST income £549k
THE ROSENFELD CHARITABLE TRUST income £47k
THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION income £22.9m
RECHOV GORDON CHARITABLE TRUST income £24k
THE ROGER PILKINGTON YOUNG TRUST income £55k

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
THE PARTNERSHIP TRUST FY2025	£206k	Under £60,000	0	within	—	no doubt
THE PFC TRUST FY2025	£549k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROSENFELD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£47k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION FY2025	£22.9m	£330K - £340K	—	above	—	no doubt
RECHOV GORDON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£24k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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