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Pilkington Charities Fund
Pilkington Charities Fund is a registered charity (number 225911) based in Liverpool, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Neil Pilkington Jones. Latest income £645k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as The Pilkington Charities Fund (Charity Commission)
- 3 trustees
- Income £645k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens and more
- Website
- pilkingtoncharitiesfund.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£645k£29m
- 2024£683k£869k
- 2023£597k£751k
Earlier years
- 2022£600k£874k
- 2021£487k£418k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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
Board analysis
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Neil Pilkington Jones Chair
- Arnold Philip Pilkington
- Eleanor India Ashton since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Eleanor India Ashton since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
Portfolio (3)
- Neil Pilkington Jones Chair
- Arnold Philip Pilkington
- Eleanor India Ashton since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 120.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 225911
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Contact on the register
- 01512366666 · pilkingtoncharitiesfund@rathbones.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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