THE PILLING TRUST FUND

Registered charity 241812 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE JOHN PILLING TRUST

The charity awards grants to churches within the Anglican communion and other institutions in order to further its objectives.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RELIGIOUS BELIEF OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE OF THE MUSICAL SIDE OF CHURCH SERVICES. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income exceeded expenditure by £3,451 after accounting for a net investment loss of £162,450. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £13,435,738, which the trustees consider satisfactory given the indefinite demand for grants. The trustees report 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

Accounts audited by MHA Chartered Accountants. Discloses 4 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2025 (received 16/04/2026, 70 days after the 05/02/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN MARTIN SUTCLIFFEchair
• ANDREW JAMES PALMER
• ANNE MELINDA ELDER
• Dr Maximillian Elliott
• PROFESSOR IAN GRAHAM TRACEY
• Rev PETER HOWELL-JONES · trustee of 5 other charities
• THOMAS JAMES BELL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.