CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 249997 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The capital and income of the Trust shall be applied to such charitable corporations, trusts, associations, or institutions for charitable purposes as the trustees in their absolute discretion shall decide and for the preservation of trust land and buildings for the benefit of the nation or the inhabitants for the time being.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£539k

Latest spending

£701k

Registered

1966

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity holds unrestricted funds totaling £26,967,799, with the Trustees satisfied that assets are adequate to meet current objectives for the foreseeable future. The Trustees consider their investments as expendable endowments and explicitly state they do not maintain income reserves as such, aiming instead to distribute a large percentage of investment income year on year. The independent auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: M R Feeny received £5,970.60 from Brabners LLP (a firm of which he is a partner) for services as a Trustee. Vanessa Pilkington incurred Trustee expenses of £7,891.

“M R Feeny is a Partner of Brabners LLP which made charges during the year of £5,970.60 (2024 £12,924.72) for his services as a Trustee. This is classed as an allowable expense according to the constitution. Vanessa Pilkington incurred Trustee expenses amounting to £7,891 during the year.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: M R Feeny is a Partner of Brabners LLP which made charges during the year of £5,970.60 for his services as a Trustee.

“M R Feeny is a Partner of Brabners LLP which made charges during the year of £5,970.60 (2024 £12,924.72) for his services as a Trustee. This is classed as an allowable expense according to the constitution. Vanessa Pilkington incurred Trustee expenses amounting to £7,891 during the year.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by DSG. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/10/2025)

Total income

£539k

Total spending

£701k

Cost of raising funds

£104k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (85% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 19.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ARNOLD PHILIP PILKINGTON · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr Vanessa Pilkington · trustee of 1 other charity
HELOISE PILKINGTON
MARK RUPERT FEENY · trustee of 6 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/10/2025	£539k	£701k
05/10/2024	£554k	£804k
05/10/2023	£522k	£808k
05/10/2022	£467k	£643k
05/10/2021	£438k	£561k

Common questions

Is CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity holds unrestricted funds totaling £26,967,799, with the Trustees satisfied that assets are adequate to meet current objectives for the foreseeable future. The Trustees consider their investments as expendable endowments and explicitly state they do not maintain income reserves as such, aiming instead to distribute a large percentage of investment income year on year. The independent auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by DSG.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST.

ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST income £491k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST income £278k
SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND income £183k
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £101k
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUST income £554k
WILLIAM FRANK PINN CHARITABLE TRUST income £488k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	£539k	—	above	—	no doubt
ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£491k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£278k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND FY2025	£183k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£554k	—	within	—	no doubt

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