Elise Pilkington Charitable Trust

Analysis

Elise Pilkington Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northamptonshire. It was registered in December 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, animals and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Elise Pilkington Charitable Trust reported income of £60k and spending of £85k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £61k to £60k (-1.5%), an average of -0.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 257% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Elise Pilkington Charitable Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oasis Relief (£60k), The Andrew Balint Charitable Trust (£60k) and 3rd Itchen ( Bitterne ) Scout Group (£60k).

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.