THE RAINFORD TRUST

Registered charity 266157 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making to charities or charitable causes for Welfare, Medical, Education, Environmental and Religion.

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT IN ANY WAY LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS IN THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF ST. HELENS AD OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD WHERE PILKINGTON BROTHERS LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARY OR ASSOCIATED COMPANIES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME CARRY ON BUSINESS.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £13,513,573, which the trustees consider adequate to continue operations. The charity is reliant on investment income, which totaled £331,008, to fund its charitable activities. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by DSG 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.

• 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
• 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIMON DAVID PILKINGTONchair
• ANNABEL JANE MOSELEY
• Andrew Pilkington
• DAVID CHRISTOPHER PILKINGTON
• David Bricknell · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr Clarissa Pilkington · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN PILKINGTON
• LOUISA FRANCES WALKER
• Lady KIRSTY PILKINGTON DL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martin Pilkington

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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