The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Pilgrims' Friend Society

Registered charity 1045920 Registered since 1995

Operates: Throughout England, Scotland

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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.

3 trustees on the board

1.3y median 0y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 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.

Health and social care 6Professional services 3Hospitality 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£21.0m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

7.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.0 in 2021

611 from 474 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.

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

Websitewww.pilgrimsfriend.org.uk
Emailinfo@pilgrimsfriend.org.uk
Phone03003031405
AddressPilgrims Friend Society, 175 Tower Bridge Road, LONDON, SE1 2AJ

Finances

£20,978,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£13,631,000£13,028,000
2022£13,026,000£13,416,000
2023£24,130,000£17,051,000
2024£20,746,000£19,122,000
2025£20,978,000£20,613,000

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingReligious Activities

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

For the public benefit, (i) to advance the Christian Faith as set out in the Doctrinal Basis and (ii) to relieve elderly, poor, sick, disabled, or infirm persons, and for those purposes, among other activities, to provide residential accommodation for such persons administered to the glory of God

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/02/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/11/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/01/2007NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 08/02/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 10/07/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/02/2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 04 APR 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 OCT 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 JUN 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 FEB 2019 as amended on 25 Sept 2025

Trustees (3)

3trustees
72median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Pilgrims' Friend Society · 03027071 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/02/1995

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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