Pilkington Charities Fund

Analysis

Pilkington Charities Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Pilkington Charities Fund reported income of £645k and spending of £28.7m, spending 4443% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £487k to £645k (+32%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 1048% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pilkington Charities 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 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Think Active CSW (£645k), Anjuman-E-Ezzi (Nottingham) (£645k) and Elisha House (£645k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £28.6m. Reserves of £11k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.

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.