The Pilling Trust Fund

Analysis

The Pilling Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in June 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Pilling Trust Fund reported income of £351k and spending of £185k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £308k to £351k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Pilling Trust Fund sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Peter's Hall (1991) Charity (£351k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Patrick, Wallington (£351k) and North Liverpool and South Sefton Methodist Circuit (£350k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.