The Pullinger-Hall Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Pullinger-Hall Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St. Albans. It was registered in March 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, accommodation/housing and religious activities, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Pullinger-Hall Charitable Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £29k, spending 175% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4,800 to £16k (+244%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 429% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Pullinger-Hall Charitable Trust sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% 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 Knighton Almshouses Trust (£16k), Girlguiding Rochdale East and West divisions (£17k) and Frost Cottage Homes (£16k).

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.