The Cecil and Alan Pilkington Trust Fund

Analysis

The Cecil and Alan Pilkington Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in February 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Cecil and Alan Pilkington Trust Fund reported income of £3.8m and spending of £4.6m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £3.5m to £3.8m (+7.1%), an average of +1.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Cecil and Alan Pilkington Trust Fund sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eleanor Palmer Trust (£3.8m), Advocates for International Development (£3.8m) and Wyggestons and Trinity Almshouses (£3.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 84%, charitable activities 13% and donations and legacies 2.5%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 3.1%. Reserves of £10.8m would cover about 27 months of spending at that rate. It employed 68 people.

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.