The Roger Pilkington Young Trust

Analysis

The Roger Pilkington Young Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sidmouth. It was registered in February 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Roger Pilkington Young Trust reported income of £55k and spending of £81k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £54k to £55k (+2.6%), an average of +0.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Roger Pilkington Young Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carlisle Diocese Retired Clergy and Dependants Fund (£55k), Abbess Adelicia Charity (£55k) and Bethel Ministries UK (£55k).

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.