ELISE PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1170847 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objectives of the Trust are:To prevent cruelty to equine animals, to relieve suffering and distress amongst such equine animals, To provide social services for help for the relief of the aged and infirm.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (THE "OBJECTS") ARE:1) TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO EQUINE ANIMALS, TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONG SUCH EQUINE ANIMALS, TO CARE FOR AND PROTECT SUCH EQUINE ANIMALS INCLUDING LIVE HORSES BEING TRANSPORTED COUNTRY TO COUNTRY FOR BUTCHERY IF SUCH ANIMALS ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR OTHER SIMILAR CAUSES;2) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF THE ELDERLY; AND3) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's net assets decreased to £2,676,610 from £2,816,276 in the prior year, driven by a net loss on investments and grant expenditures exceeding income. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future and note that all unrestricted income funds were spent during the year, with additional transfers made from expendable endowment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/03/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ruth Tarrychair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Claire Gordon
• Dr Alison Pyatt
• Dr Rachael Trenaman
• GEMMA WALPOLE
• Mark Kerr

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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