The Pilkington Jones Charitable Fund

Analysis

The Pilkington Jones Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in January 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Pilkington Jones Charitable Fund reported income of £25k and spending of £63k, spending 256% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £17k to £25k (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 234% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Pilkington Jones Charitable Fund sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Warwickshire Social Inclusion Partnership (£25k), St Fagans Village Hall (£25k) and Maureen Bateman Charitable Trust (£25k).

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.