THE GENERAL CHARITY FUND

Charity Number: 234710
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Donations are made to registered charities in the Arts, Drugs, Medical and Environment fields.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2024

Total income: £60,980
Total expenditure: £12,859

People

3 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Knowsley
  • Liverpool City
  • Sefton
  • St Helens
  • Wirral

Governance

Registration history:
  • 16 June 1964: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • COL W W PILKINGTON WILL TRUSTS - THE GENERAL CHARITY FUND (Working name)
  • PILKINGTON GENERAL CHARITY FUND (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Eleanor India Ashton Trustee 05 December 2013
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND
Charity reporting is overdue by 36 days
Neil Pilkington Jones Trustee
ISLES OF SCILLY WILDLIFE TRUST LIMITED
Received: On time
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND
Charity reporting is overdue by 36 days
ARNOLD PHILIP PILKINGTON Trustee
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND
Charity reporting is overdue by 36 days
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: 85 days late

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2020 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024
Total gross income £59.83k £42.82k £54.33k £54.51k £60.98k
Total expenditure £11.94k £58.37k £13.32k £63.79k £12.86k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 June 2024 24 February 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 24 February 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2023 24 April 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 24 April 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2022 22 February 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 22 February 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2021 29 April 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 29 April 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2020 24 February 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2020 24 February 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

DEED OF SETTLEMENT DATED 10TH MAY 1950

Charitable objects

TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
Rathbones Trust Company
Port of Liverpool Building
Pier Head
Liverpool
L3 1NW
Phone:
01512366666
Email:
No information available
Website:

generalcharityfund.org.uk