The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Pilkington Charities Fund

Registered charity 225911 Registered since 1964

Operates: Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

13y median 13y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (3)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 2Health and social care 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£645k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 120.0 in 2021

0
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitepilkingtoncharitiesfund.org.uk
Emailpilkingtoncharitiesfund@rathbones.com
Phone01512366666
AddressRATHBONES, PORT OF LIVERPOOL BUILDING, PIER HEAD, LIVERPOOL, L3 1NW

Finances

£645,327 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£487,423£418,292
2022£599,963£874,368
2023£597,029£751,204
2024£683,311£868,867
2025£645,327£28,673,869

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (AT THE TRUSTEES DISCRETION) TO PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE EMPLOYEES (AND THEIR DEPENDENTS) OF PILKINGTON BROTHERS LIMITED OR ANY COMPANY WHICH MAY BE AMALGAMATED WITH OR WHICH MAY FOR THE TIME BEING BE CARRYING ON BUSINESS IN SUCCESSION TO PILKINGTON BROTHERS LIMITED (ALL OF WHICH COMPANIES ARE HEREINAFTER INCLUDED IN THE EXPRESSION “THE COMPANY”) OR BY ANY COMPANY WHICH FOR THE TIME BEING IS OR HAS BEEN A SUBSIDIARY OF THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1159 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2006); TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY IN ST HELENS, MERSEYSIDE (AND ITS NEIGHBOURING AREAS) AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UK, BY (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY; TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE ACROSS ST HELENS, MERSEYSIDE (AND ITS NEIGHBOURING AREAS) AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UK

Governing document: DEED OF SETTLEMENT DATED 10 MAY 1950 AND SCHEMES OF 31 MAY 1966 AND 13 JUNE 1975, AMENDED BY SCHEME 14 SEPTEMBER 2000.AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 18 DEC 2024

Trustees (3)

3trustees
67median age
0aged 70+

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