PETER STORRS TRUST

Registered charity 313804 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancement of Education and other charitable objects.

Objects

(A) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH GRADUATES OR UNDERGRADUATES OF PETERHOUSE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY SELECT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENABLING THEM TO EXTEND THEIR EDUCATION IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY APPROVE PARTICULARLY OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM AND BY MAKING GRANTS FROM THE FUND FOR DEFRAYING THE COSTS OF SUCH SCHOLARSHIPS. (B) SUCH OTHER PAYMENTS BEING FOR EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DESCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£137k
Latest spending
£115k
Registered
1971
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £320,000, which meets its stated policy target of two years' worth of outgoings. The trustees confirm that invested funds are substantial and easily realizable, ensuring the charity can meet its commitments as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment Income (100% of income)
“The Trust is reliant on the income from its Investments, the income from which was £136,326.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: two years’ worth of outgoings (reserves figure: £320k)
“The Trust aims to hold at least two years’ worth of outgoings by way of income reserves. This is estimated at £320,000.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 11/04/2024, 66 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 11/04/2024, 431 days after the 05/02/2023 due date); year ending 05/04/2021 (received 08/06/2023, 488 days after the 05/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£137k£115k
05/04/2024£143k£191k
05/04/2023£139k£104k
05/04/2022£184k£158k
05/04/2021£124k£159k

Common questions

Is PETER STORRS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £320,000, which meets its stated policy target of two years' worth of outgoings. The trustees confirm that invested funds are substantial and easily realizable, ensuring the charity can meet its commitments as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EASTBROOK EDUCATION TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PETER STORRS TRUST£137k—0no_policy—no doubt
EASTBROOK EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
SPEAR TRUST FY2025£25k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ARTHUR JAMES PATERSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£62k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EXETER EPISCOPAL SCHOOLS TRUST FY2026£44k——unclear—no doubt
FUTURE SCOPE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£236k—0above—no doubt

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