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Registered charity · Merseyside

The Cecil and Alan Pilkington Trust Fund

The Cecil and Alan Pilkington Trust Fund is a registered charity (number 237623) based in Merseyside, governed by 2 trustees. Latest income £3.8m (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as The Pilkington Family Trusts (Charity Commission)

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £3.8m (2026)
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No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 2 organisations acting as trustee: Pilkington Employees Trustee (No.1) Limited, Pilkington Employees Trustee (No.2) Limited.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Australia, Canada, South Africa, Scotland
Website
www.pilkingtonfamilytrust.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£3.8m£4.6m
  • 2025£3.6m£4.0m
  • 2024£3.6m£3.9m
Earlier years
  • 2023£3.6m£3.5m
  • 2022£3.5m£3.2m

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EMPLOYEES, EX-EMPLOYEES AND DEPENDENTS OF EMPLOYEES AND EX-EMPLOYEES OF PILKINGTON BROS. LTD., AND THEIR SUBSIDIARIES, WITH AN OVERRIDING LIMITATION TO THOSE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF SCHEME OF 7 JULY 1977.

Grants received

2 grants · £10,896 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,500
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,396

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,5002004-08-27
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £1,3962004-08-27
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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£3.6m 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.

33.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

67 from 69 in 2021
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.
1%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
237623
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 11 JUNE 1948 AND SCHEME OF 26 MARCH, 1964 AND FURTHER SCHEME OF 7 JULY 1977 AND RESOLUTION DATED 5 OCTOBER 1977.
Contact on the register
01744 414820 · george.colville@pilkingtonfamilytrust.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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