Sir Harry Pilkington Fund

Analysis

Sir Harry Pilkington Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in June 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Sir Harry Pilkington Fund reported income of £183k and spending of £9,560, leaving 95% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £160k to £183k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Sir Harry Pilkington Fund sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Daniel Owen Community Association (£183k), Advocacy Alliance (£184k) and Oxhaven Trust (£183k).