PEER UK LTD

Registered charity 1115091 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PIER TRUST

Contemporary art commissions and presentations for gallery space; art and regeneration projects in the public realm. Education and outreach work for local community, including young people. Publications and related events.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN EDUCATION IN ART IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING AND PROVIDING PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR THE EXHIBITION AND STUDY OF WORKS OF ART WHICH ARE PRIMARILY CONTEMPORARY FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TO PROMOTE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ART IN ALL ITS ASPECTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE GREATER LONDON

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

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Latest income
£263k
Latest spending
£237k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £25,682 for the year, with total reserves increasing to £254,996. The trustees confirm that free reserves exceed the stated policy target, providing a contingency level considered helpful given current macroeconomic uncertainty. The going concern basis is adopted with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue in operational existence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £120,500 (held: £176k)
“The optimum level of Reserves held is therefore £120,500.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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.

Corporate structure

Funders the charity credits

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£263k£237k
31/03/2024£216k£251k
31/03/2023£247k£260k
31/03/2022£353k£371k
31/03/2021£285k£238k

Common questions

Is PEER UK LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £25,682 for the year, with total reserves increasing to £254,996. The trustees confirm that free reserves exceed the stated policy target, providing a contingency level considered helpful given current macroeconomic uncertainty. The going concern basis is adopted with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue in operational existence. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation12/03/2024£2kGrant to PEER
City Bridge Foundation26/06/2023£5kGrant to PEER
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/05/2023£10k"We are a group of people composed of who we are"
Greater London Authority09/03/2023£6kPEER UK
UK government13/10/2022£87kNational Portfolio Organisations
UK government13/10/2022£87kNational Portfolio Organisations
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/05/2022£6k"Civic Sound Archive"
UK government13/12/2021£87kNational Portfolio Organisations

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PEER UK LTD£263k—0above—no doubt
PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED FY2025£153k—0above—noted
PETWORTH FESTIVAL FY2024£560k—0above—no doubt
PETER ADAMS TRUST FY2026£342k—0above—no doubt
PRESTON NORTH END COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£1.8m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
CONTAINS ART CIO FY2025£330kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt

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