The David Pickford Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The David Pickford Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hythe. It was registered in August 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The David Pickford Charitable Foundation reported income of £28k and spending of £119k, spending 419% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £617k to £28k (-95%), an average of -54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The David Pickford Charitable Foundation sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gosport Cornerstone Trust (£28k), New Cross Community Church (£28k) and Paradise Gems (£28k).

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.