The Owls of Pill

Analysis

The Owls of Pill is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2026, The Owls of Pill reported income of £17k and spending of £17k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £13k to £17k (+33%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Owls of Pill sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Charlotte Frances May Foundation (£17k), Cornwall Ambulance Service Benevolent Fund (£17k) and Congregational Fund Board (£17k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.