The Pears Family Charitable Foundation
Themes it funds
Money given to charities working on each theme, as each charity describes itself on the register. Many charities list several themes, so these overlap.
| Theme | Given | Share of all money given | Charities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education and training | £148,000 | 100% | 4 |
| Arts, culture, heritage and science | £10,000 | 7% | 2 |
| General charitable purposes | 2 | ||
| Health and saving lives | 1 | ||
| Disability | 1 | ||
| Preventing or relieving poverty | 1 | ||
| Environment, conservation and heritage | 1 | ||
| Recreation | 1 | ||
| Other charitable purposes | 1 |
Given each year
By the year of each grant, or of the charity's accounts that record it.
| Year | Given |
|---|---|
| 2025 | £10,000 |
| 2023 | £74,000 |
| 2021 | £64,000 |
How it gives
- Charities in Wales funded
- 4
- Grants on 360Giving
- 8
- Typical grant on 360Giving
- £69,000
- Largest grant on 360Giving
- £100,000
- Charities funded in more than one year
- 2 of 4
Where
The council area of each funded charity's contact address. Many charities work well beyond the area where their address is.
- Cardiff3
- Vale of Glamorgan1
Size of the charities it funds
By each charity's income in its latest year.
- £1 million to £5 million2
- Over £5 million1
- £100,000 to £500,0001
What it says it does
From its entry on the register of charities.
Pears Foundation aims to benefit society by promoting understanding of key issues through research and educational programmes; driving engagement in social progress across the UK, particularly in young people and supporting organisations focused on wellbeing for everyone.
- Status
- Registered on 4 March 1992
- Income in its latest year
- £28,513,771, year ending 31 March 2025
- Publishes its grants to 360Giving
- Yes
The charities it funds
Newest first. For each charity, given comes from its accounts or from 360Giving, whichever shows more.
| Charity | Given | From | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sound Progression Ltd | £10,000 | 360Giving | 2025 |
| The United World College of the Atlantic Limited | £138,000 | 360Giving | 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 |
| The Community Foundation in Wales | Not recorded | 2015, 2019 | |
| Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board General Purpose Charity | Not recorded | 2018 |
Where these figures come from
- Given comes from two places. For each charity, we use whichever shows more: what the charity's own accounts say the funder gave it, or what the funder published to 360Giving. We never add the two, because they often record the same grant. Every figure counts money from 2021 to now and is an at-least figure: a funder appears only when a charity's accounts name it or it publishes its grants, and OpenEconomy has not yet read every charity's accounts.
- Charities' accounts: read from the accounts they filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader, up to 2 November 2026. AI can misread a table, so check a charity's accounts before relying on a figure.
- 360Giving: grants funders published to 360Giving, loaded by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026. Only some funders publish there.