Sir Alastair Pilkington Charitable Trust

Registered charity 259954 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MUSHROOM FUND

Established to make grants for charitable purposes.

Objects

TO OR FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF CHARITABLE BODIES, INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: UNRESTRICTED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £77,453, with total net assets of £1,449,916 comprising these reserves and £1,372,463 in capital funds. The trustees report that investment income of £45,719 funded grants of £42,900, resulting in a small net expenditure of £23 on activities before investment gains. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 3 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.

• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Roger Morris · trustee of 4 other charities
• Dr Julia Newton
• Harriet Powis
• JAMES CHRISTOPHER PILKINGTON
• LCVS · trustee of 77 other charities
• ROSALIND CHRISTIAN
• Robert Kenneth Martin · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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