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THE PILSDON COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1153924 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO WILL ENDEAVOUR TO LIVE TOGETHER AS ONE HOUSEHOLD UNITED IN LOVE AND PRAYER ACCORDING TO THE PRECEPTS OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPELS, AND OFFERING SHELTER HOSPITALITY AND SPIRITUAL REFRESHMENT TO THOSE WHO BY REASON OF POVERTY, DISABILITY, MENTAL OR SPIRITUAL INCAPACITY, OR INABILITY TO MANAGE THEIR OWN AFFAIRS ARE IN NEED OF SUCH A REFUGE WITHOUT REGARD TO GENDER RACE OR CREED.

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Latest income
£267k
Latest spending
£336k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total unrestricted income funds of £3,726,855, with cash reserves of £272,394. The trustees consider their operating reserve of £71,039 adequate for day-to-day cash flow, noting that up to six months' operating costs is a prudent sum. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ operating costs (held: £3.7m)
“The trustees consider that up to six months’ operating costs is a prudent sum.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Edwards and Keeping Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£267k£336k
31/03/2024£296k£353k
31/03/2023£424k£275k
31/03/2022£330k£249k
31/03/2021£244k£237k

Common questions

Is THE PILSDON COMMUNITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total unrestricted income funds of £3,726,855, with cash reserves of £272,394. The trustees consider their operating reserve of £71,039 adequate for day-to-day cash flow, noting that up to six months' operating costs is a prudent sum. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Edwards and Keeping Limited.

Who funds THE PILSDON COMMUNITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PILSDON COMMUNITY as a grant recipient include THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE INLIGHT TRUST, G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FRIENDS OF KENT CHURCHES, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SHERBORNE WITH CASTLETON.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£40k
THE INLIGHT TRUSTFY2023£12k
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE FRIENDS OF KENT CHURCHESFY2023£1kWest Mailing
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SHERBORNE WITH CASTLETONFY2021£720Donations Local

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/01/2018£10k"A Place of Shelter: an oral history of the Pilsdon Community 1958-2018"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/08/1998£324k"Pilsdon Community Development Project"