Registered charity · Lancashire
The Pilling Trust Fund
- 7 trustees
- Income £351k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- John Martin SutcliffeChair
- Andrew James PalmerTrustee · since 2009
- Anne Melinda ElderTrustee
- Dr Maximillian ElliottTrustee · since 2021
- Professor IAN Graham TraceyTrustee · since 2011
- Rev Peter Howell-JonesTrustee · since 2015
- Thomas James BellTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 6 other charities:
- The on Organ Fund · 1 shared trustee
- The Blackburn Diocesan Board of Finance Limited · 1 shared trustee
- The Peel Foundation Scholarship Fund · 1 shared trustee
- Livesey's Exhibition Endowment · 1 shared trustee
- Blackburn Cathedral Trust · 1 shared trustee
- Cathedral Church of ST Mary the Virgin Blackburn · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£351k£185k
- 2024£376k£195k
- 2023£322k£239k
Earlier years
- 2022£315k£233k
- 2021£308k£288k
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RELIGIOUS BELIEF OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE OF THE MUSICAL SIDE OF CHURCH SERVICES. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.
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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.
7 trustees on the board
- John Martin Sutcliffe Chair
- Andrew James Palmer since 2009
- Anne Melinda Elder
- Dr Maximillian Elliott since 2021
- Professor IAN Graham Tracey since 2011
- Rev Peter Howell-Jones since 2015
- Thomas James Bell since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew James Palmer since 2009
- Professor IAN Graham Tracey since 2011
- Rev Peter Howell-Jones since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- John Martin Sutcliffe Chair
- Andrew James Palmer since 2009
- Anne Melinda Elder
- Dr Maximillian Elliott since 2021
- Professor IAN Graham Tracey since 2011
Portfolio (2)
- Rev Peter Howell-Jones since 2015
- Thomas James Bell since 2026
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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 241812
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 10TH MAY 1957
- Contact on the register
- 01254686600 · will.campbell@beeverstruthers.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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