The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust

Analysis

The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in July 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust reported income of £260k and spending of £375k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £249k to £260k (+4.3%), an average of +1.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 139% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Adore Church (£260k), The Save Me Trust (£260k) and Asthma Relief (£260k).

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.