PEOPLE'S HEALTH TRUST

Registered charity 1125537 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PROJECT HEALTH TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC039848 (OSCR)

The charity make grants to charities and community groups within defined and published geographical areas across England, Scotland and Wales for the purpose of supporting greater health equity. The core principles behind our actions are that where a person lives should not unfairly reduce the length of that person?s life, or the quality of their health.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased significantly to £1,347,995 due to the cessation of society lottery donations, while total charitable expenditure was £1,947,373, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Despite this, the charity maintains strong unrestricted reserves of £1,132,609, which equate to 56.81 weeks of running costs, well above the stated policy target of 26 weeks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — People's Health Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Health Foundation — “This five-year initiative, funded by the Health Foundation, is working with a membership of 29 organisations from across different sectors a…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (69% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JENNIFER EDWARDSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Richard Bickerdike
• Jolynne Maria Bernadette De Souza
• Leandra Ebony Box
• Martin Hugh Fraser Anderson
• Ranjeet Singh Kaile
• SHELAGH KIRKLAND · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POWYS TEACHING LOCAL HEALTH BOARD CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES.

• POWYS TEACHING LOCAL HEALTH BOARD CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES income £251k
• HEALTH LIMITED income £10.0m
• THE BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITY income £1.1m
• ISLAND HEALTH TRUST income £363k
• STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL FUND income £930k
• THE NUFFIELD TRUST FOR RESEARCH AND POLICY STUDIES IN HEALTH SERVICES income £3.6m

Side by side with its peers

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