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.

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

Latest income

£313k

Latest spending

£366k

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2024

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

Reserves policy: maintain capital value to generate revenue returns (held: £13.5m)

“A reserves policy has been agreed by the trustees that will enable the Trust Fund to generate a level of income to allow more or larger grants to be given where appropriate. The trustees consider it important that the capital value of the funds is maintained to generate revenue returns that will fund the charitable grant making.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by DSG Audit. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£313k	£366k
31/07/2024	£331k	£349k
31/07/2023	£325k	£437k
31/07/2022	£272k	£277k
31/07/2021	£347k	£224k

Common questions

Is THE RAINFORD TRUST financially healthy?

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. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by DSG Audit.

Charities like this

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

THE RAINE FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £149k
THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £192k
THE ROGER RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST income £586k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £192k
The Rockspring Charitable Trust income £1.5m
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST income £842k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE RAINFORD TRUST	£313k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE RAINE FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£149k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£192k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROGER RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£586k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£192k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The Rockspring Charitable Trust FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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