The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Pilgrims' Friend Society Group

Registered charity 1134979 Registered since 2010

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.

4.5y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (7)

14
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 11Education/training 10Accommodation/housing 5Religious Activities 3Disability 1

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 26Professional services 18Construction 6

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£26.9m 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.

11.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.3 in 2021

703 from 478 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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.pilgrimsfriend.org.uk
Emailinfo@pilgrimsfriend.org.uk
Phone03003031405
AddressPILGRIM HOMES, 175 TOWER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON, SE1 2AL

Finances

£26,884,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£15,048,000£14,494,000
2022£15,854,000£15,508,000
2023£25,288,000£18,733,000
2024£29,771,000£20,800,000
2025£26,884,000£24,234,000

What it does

What

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

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, DISABLEMENT, OLD AGE AND INFIRMITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO THE GLORY OF GOD.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25 FEB 2010AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 04 APR 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 OCT 2016 as amended on 08 Mar 2019 as amended on 08 Mar 2019 as amended on 04 Dec 2025

Trustees (14)

14trustees
69median age
7aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Pilgrims' Friend Society Group · 07169875 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/02/2010

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (7)

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