The Pepper Foundation

Registered charity 1056823 · since 1996pepper.org.uk·Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£433k

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

£216k

Typical grant (median)

2 published grants

Key takeaways

Your work is most likely to fit if it supports children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions and their families through hospice-at-home care, specialist play or family activities, and its stated priority area is Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Its annual report records £432,504 paid out, but no grant range is published, so ask the contact shown what size of request suits it before you settle on a figure.
No application process is published, so get in touch first rather than sending a cold application.
The foundation says it works closely with the charities it funds and seeks rolling three-year grant commitments, so this is likely to be a relationship-led funder, and you should show clearly how your service aligns with its mission.
Nothing is published about timing or how competitive its grants are, so ask about both when you make contact.

Overview

The Pepper Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1056823).

The Pepper Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales that raises funds to support hospice-at-home care and play services for children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions and their families in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. It also organises social events to bring families together. It was born four years after the first Pepper Show, and its name is a tribute to the Beatles' Sgt Pepper songs. It makes grants to other charities for posts, projects and services, including children's palliative nursing at home, round-the-clock nursing at the end of life, specialist play, 24-hour access to expert advice, and family days out. Its annual report records £432,504 paid out.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Pepper Foundation supports children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions and their families across Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire through hospice-at-home care and play services. It makes grants to other charities that provide services aligned with its mission. Its grant focus includes children's palliative nursing in children's own homes, round-the-clock specialist nursing at end of life, specialist play, expert support and advice, and family days and social activities. It works closely with the charities it funds and seeks rolling three-year grant commitments to support resilience and stability. It aims to support more charities and to monitor grant impact through reporting against targets.

Themes

Children's hospice at home
Specialist play
Family activities

Geographic Focus

Priority: Hertfordshire; Buckinghamshire.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

It provides grants to charities whose services align with its mission.
It endeavours to work closely with the charities it funds and seeks rolling three-year grant commitments.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to The Pepper Foundation.

Helping HertsInvitation onlyGave £244k Hertfordshire Community FoundationMixed deadlinesGave £5.6M The Clare FoundationRollingGave £232k Kop Hill CharityNo public processGave £125k Christopher Laing FoundationMixed deadlinesGave £485k The Cherry Family FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £210k The John Apthorp CharityFixed deadlinesGave £422k The Roger and Jean Jefcoate TrustNo public processGave £283k Graham Rowlandson FoundationRollingGave £265k The Alan Sugar FoundationInvitation onlyGave £6.1M

Grants

2 published grants analysed · median £216k

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

Keech Hospice Care
£244,664year to 31 March 2025
Helen & Douglas House
£187,840year to 31 March 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 grant to individuals; 1 with no amount stated.

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£426,967	£603,489	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£315,925	£330,956	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£405,010	£332,028	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£392,092	£501,491	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£543,525	£506,636	£432,504	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants paid out in the year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.