PEABODY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 271731 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TRUST THAMESMEAD LIMITED

Peabody Community Foundation is a leading community development organisation working in London, with a focus on Thamesmead. Our community work is aimed at building the capacity of individuals and groups, through employment, training, volunteering, community engagement, youth programmes, sports programmes, financial advice, healthy living advice, and family support services.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£9.0m
Latest spending
£9.1m
Registered
1976
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £110,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Free operating reserves totalled £5 million, which is higher than the minimum level set by trustees, and the going concern assessment confirms adequate resources for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by KPMG LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Peabody Community Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold); recorded price paid £1.3m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£9.0m
Total spending
£9.1m
Reserves (reported)
£34.4m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~45.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (71% 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).

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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£9.0m£9.1m
31/03/2024£10.0m£10.0m
31/03/2023£8.5m£8.2m
31/03/2022£11.8m£6.8m
31/03/2021£7.7m£7.8m

Common questions

Is PEABODY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £110,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Free operating reserves totalled £5 million, which is higher than the minimum level set by trustees, and the going concern assessment confirms adequate resources for at least 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by KPMG LLP.

Who funds PEABODY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PEABODY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include FUSION21 FOUNDATION, THE HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS' CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
FUSION21 FOUNDATIONFY2025£54kMainstream grants programme
THE HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS' CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£18kCharitable projects
THE HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS' CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10kGrants and contracts

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2026£60kLoved & Wanted Fund - Greenwich
The National Lottery Community Fund21/11/2025£80kCP People Powered Parkside
Greater London Authority05/11/2024£73kAdvice in Community Settings
Sport England17/09/2020£32kChampions Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage
UK government14/12/2018£26kALB-Sport England-MUGA Surface Upgrade
Sport England14/12/2018£26kMUGA Surface Upgrade
Sport England25/07/2018£75kChampions Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage
Greater London Authority18/01/2018£50kGrant to Peabody
Greater London Authority10/11/2017£834k2Work
Greater London Authority04/08/2017£834kGrant to Peabody Community Foundation
City Bridge Foundation09/07/2015£90kGrant to Peabody Community Foundation
Greater London Authority19/01/2015£2kGrant to Trust Thamesmead
City Bridge Foundation10/04/2014£4kEco audit to Peabody Community Foundation

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 THE LONDON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PEABODY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION£9.0m——unclear—no doubt
THE LONDON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£9.3m——within—no doubt
SUFFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£6.8m£90,000 - £99,9991within—no doubt
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£2.9m——above—no doubt
PEBSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2024£133k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FOR LANCASHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE FY2025£4.4m——above—no doubt

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