PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUST

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

Latest income
£935k
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased to £46,376,206 due to a net loss of £3,999,400 driven by investment market weakness. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with sufficient reserves to continue operations for at least twelve months. Investment performance remains the primary risk, but the trust maintains a policy to sustain grant distributions.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves 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 (held: £46.4m)
The trustees aim to keep sufficient reserves to generate investment returns to fund the trust's objectives. These are at least 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. — page 5
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Scott Vevers Ltd.

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
0

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

Trustees

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

Operates in: Merton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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?

The accounts state that total funds decreased to £46,376,206 due to a net loss of £3,999,400 driven by investment market weakness. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with sufficient reserves to continue operations for at least twelve months. Investment performance remains the primary risk, but the trust maintains a policy to sustain grant distributions. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Scott Vevers Ltd.

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