The Pilgrim Trust

Registered charity 206602 Registered since 1962

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

12 trustees on the board

4y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (8)

company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10Other Charitable Purposes 5Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 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.

Arts and leisure 4Education 4Health and social care 3

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.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£1.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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.

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

6 from 5 in 2020

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Centre for Women's Justice 1 shared trustee
Wearside Women in Need 1 shared trustee
The Henry Barber Trust 1 shared trustee
The Ashmolean Museum Endowment Trust 1 shared trustee
Waterharvest 1 shared trustee
SIR John Soane's Museum 1 shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk
Email	info@thepilgrimtrust.org.uk
Phone	02078346510
Address	New Wing, Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA

Finances

£1,238,983 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,628,910	£3,433,411
2022	£1,876,505	£3,562,982
2023	£1,642,400	£2,795,169
2024	£1,297,868	£3,209,373
2025	£1,238,983	£3,485,597

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITHIN GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Governing document: DEED OF TRUST DATED 5TH SEPTEMBER 1930 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF THE 28TH JANUARY 1988

Trustees (12)

12trustees

56median age

0aged 70+

Atulkumar Bhogilal Patel MBEage band 65-69 since 2019
Alice Flora La Trobe Westonage band 45-49 since 2021
Cullagh Warnockage band 60-64 since 2021
Dr Anna Keayage band 50-54 since 2022
Dr Alexander John Sturgis since 2019
Joan Winterkorn since 2019
Lord James Sassoon since 2025
Marie Staunton since 2019
Matthew William Ridley since 2021
Samira Ahmed since 2026
Simone Sprayage band 55-59 since 2026
Tobias Alexander Anstruther since 2026

Connected charities (12)

The Barlow Collection 1 shared trustee
The Henry Barber Trust 1 shared trustee
The SIR Heinz Koeppler Trust 1 shared trustee
SIR John Soane's Museum 1 shared trustee
The Landmark Trust (Auchinleck) Limited 1 shared trustee
Sitar Music Society 1 shared trustee
The Dhrupad Music Society 1 shared trustee
The Tagore Centre UK 1 shared trustee
Centre for Women's Justice 1 shared trustee
The Ashmolean Museum Endowment Trust 1 shared trustee
Wearside Women in Need 1 shared trustee
Waterharvest 1 shared trustee

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