The PEM Charitable Trust.

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Who we are

As a Cambridge firm, we want to be able to support local Cambridge charities.

The PEM Charitable Trust is proud to support local charities through grants of up to £2000. We are delighted to have given over £95,000 to local causes.

We proudly launched the PEM Charitable Trust in 2018, which has enabled us to be more agile and to support smaller, local charities. We wanted our giving to be meaningful and personal to our people.

The PEM Charitable Trust is a registered charity (registered charity number 1181792), managed by four internal trustees – James BurrettKelly BretherickWarren Tilbury and Michael Godfrey, and one external trustee – Laurence Weeks.

The trustees work alongside our internal grant-giving committee which represents a variety of departments across the firm (who review the applications and decide on who should receive grants). This committee allows our employees to decide which causes are closest to the heart of the firm, and to really see the difference PEM can make.

We are delighted to say we donated our 150th grant in 2025, in celebration of our 150th year!

 

What we do

At PEM, our team get involved in fundraising activities every year to help raise money for the PEM Charitable Trust to support our local charities.

We have been involved in physical challenges such as the Cambridge Half Marathon, Three Piers Challenge, Three Peaks Challenge, Hadrian’s Wall trek, and regularly fundraise through work social events such as quizzes, runs and raffles.

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Please download the required grant application form below, and send to esg@pem.co.uk.

A PDF version of the application form can be requested by contacting esg@pem.co.uk.

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*Please note you must be Cambridgeshire based, and current audit or independent examination clients of PEM are not eligible for these grants.

Who we’ve supported

We support many charities in our community across Cambridgeshire and have donated funds to the following charities and not-for-profit organisations.

Logos of charities and non-profit organisations which PEM have supported

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