THE HUGH PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 328006 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as H P C T

Supporting education of refugees and displaced persons in Eastern Africa.

Objects

(I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF REFUGEES OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD. (II) THE ESTABLISHMENT OR SUPPORT OF ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, SCHOOL, FOUNDATION, PROGRAMME, INDUSTRIAL OR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTRE OR OTHER INSTITUTION OF WHATSOEVER KIND, WHICH IS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INVOLVED IN TRAINING OR EDUCATION. (III) THE RELIEF, CARE OR CURE OF ANY PERSON OR PERSONS WHO ARE SICK. (V) THE ESTABLISHMENT OR SUPPORT OF ANY HOSPITAL OR OTHER MEDICAL INSTITUTION OF ANY KIND. (VI) THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE MAINTENANCE AND OBSERVANT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND IN PARTICULAR OF REFUGEE RIGHTS AND PROTECTION AND THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE MAINTENANCE AND OBSERVANT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND IN PARTICULAR OF REFUGEE RIGHTS AND PROTECTION AND THE PROMOTION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH. (VII) THE CARRYING OUT OF SUCH OTHER LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE ADVANCEMENTS OF EDUCATION, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH OR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR DISTRESS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DEEM FIT.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£252k

Latest spending

£343k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,200, which are held in the Endowment Fund category alongside total net assets of £4,895,108. The trustees report that the Endowment Fund is maintained as a base for future grant-making activity, with no specific quantitative policy target for unrestricted reserves disclosed. The charity generated investment income of £169,554 and paid grants totaling £320,000 during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Current policy is to maintain this fund as a base for the future grant-making activity of the Trust. (reserves figure: £4.9m)

“Current policy is to maintain this fund as a base for the future grant-making activity of the Trust.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 1
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 1
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 1
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alastair Guy Crauford Hayward
Eleanor Elizabeth Silvester Horne
NEIL SANDY
TIMOTHY SIMON MORRIS · trustee of 1 other charity
Willow Margaret Alison Weatherby

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

Operates in: Kenya · South Sudan · Sudan · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£252k	£343k
31/12/2024	£301k	£348k
31/12/2023	£180k	£434k
31/12/2022	£163k	£408k
31/12/2021	£241k	£510k

Common questions

Is THE HUGH PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,200, which are held in the Endowment Fund category alongside total net assets of £4,895,108. The trustees report that the Endowment Fund is maintained as a base for future grant-making activity, with no specific quantitative policy target for unrestricted reserves disclosed. The charity generated investment income of £169,554 and paid grants totaling £320,000 during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ROZAC CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND.

SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND income £183k
DR L H A PILKINGTON'S CHARITABLE TRUST income £27k
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST income £240k
THE PILLING TRUST FUND income £351k
THE HOMESTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST income £279k
M O CHARITABLE TRUST income £146k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HUGH PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	£252k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND FY2025	£183k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DR L H A PILKINGTON'S CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£27k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST FY2025	£240k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PILLING TRUST FUND FY2025	£351k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE HOMESTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£279k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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