Local Charities

Cows on Petersham Meadows thanks to Petersham Meadow Trust

Here are a few charities connected with Petersham or nearby that deserve to be supported with brief details of each charity’s formal interest. After each name is the Charity Commission Registered Number.

You can look up greater detail of the charitable interest and a summary of recent income and expenditure of each charity (if they are above the minimum reporting level of £10,000) on the Charity Commission website www.charity-commission.gov.uk.

• Petersham United Charities (which includes Petersham Relief in Need Charity and Petersham Educational Charity) (200433)
  Supporting financially residents who are in need, hardship or distress.
  Promoting the education of young residents who are in need of financial assistance.
• Petersham Trust (1077284)
  The preservation of Petersham Meadows.
• The Petersham and Ham Sea Scouts (303819)
  Promoting the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials.
• Ham and Petersham District Girl Guides (292536)
  The instruction of girls in the principles of discipline, loyalty and good citizenship.
• The Friends of St Peter’s Petersham (271555)
  Maintaining and promoting appreciation of St Peter’s Church.
• The Richmond Society (285805)
  Promoting high standards of planning and architecture and securing the preserva tion of features of beauty or historic interest in Richmond, Kew, Petersham and Ham.

In addition, there is SPEAR www.spearlondon.org which, despite its name operates mainly in Richmond. Their mission is “To enable homeless people to access accommodation, and those at risk of homelessness to maintain their accommodation.  To support all our service users to the point that they no longer need us.” Donations to SPEAR are treated as charitable for tax purposes.