PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 257655 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PEACOCK TRUST

Grant making charity

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£935k

Latest spending

£1.4m

Registered

1969

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £49,185,713 following a net gain on investments, reversing a previous drop in value. However, the trustees note that net assets remain below the levels reached in April 2022 and below the goal of maintaining the endowment's real value over the longer term. The trustees plan to distribute grants at least at the level of the previous year while monitoring investment returns against an uncertain macro-economic outlook.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (100% of income)

“Total income (which remains all investment income) amounted to £936,655” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £49.2m; policy: sufficient reserves to generate investment returns to fund the trust’s objectives... to hold and preferably to grow the overall level of grants made, while pursuing the secondary financial objective of maintaining the real value of the endowment over time)

“Although the investment portfolio staged a recovery during 2023/24, the trust’s net assets remain below the level reached at 5th April 2022 and below the level which would meet the goal of maintaining the value of trust’s investments in real terms over the longer term.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Scott Vevers Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£935k

Total spending

£1.4m

Cost of raising funds

£19k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

BETTINE BOND · trustee of 3 other charities
CHARLES HUGH PEACOCK · trustee of 3 other charities
DR. CLARE SELLORS

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

Operates in: Merton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£935k	£1.4m
05/04/2024	£937k	£1.4m
05/04/2023	£857k	£1.3m
05/04/2022	£490k	£1.4m
05/04/2021	£417k	£1.4m

Common questions

Is PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £49,185,713 following a net gain on investments, reversing a previous drop in value. However, the trustees note that net assets remain below the levels reached in April 2022 and below the goal of maintaining the endowment's real value over the longer term. The trustees plan to distribute grants at least at the level of the previous year while monitoring investment returns against an uncertain macro-economic outlook. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Scott Vevers Ltd.

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
CORAM LIFE EDUCATION	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

THE PEASE CHARITABLE TRUST income £185k
C A ROOKES CHARITABLE TRUST income £197k
SUSANNA PEAKE CHARITABLE TRUST income £198k
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST income £842k
THE MARK LEONARD TRUST income £1.3m
THE LINBURY TRUST income £5.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	£935k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE PEASE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£185k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
C A ROOKES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£197k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SUSANNA PEAKE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£198k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£842k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MARK LEONARD TRUST FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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