The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent

Registered charity 293968 Registered since 1986

Operates: Kent

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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.

11 trustees on the board

4.4y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Other Charitable Purposes 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 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 10Transport 5Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£18.9m 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.

10.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

379 from 276 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.pilgrimshospices.org
EmailHelen.Bennett@pilgrimshospices.org
Phone01227459700
Address56 London Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8JA

Finances

£18,946,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£13,724,000£13,236,000
2022£20,388,000£14,267,000
2023£16,740,000£15,515,000
2024£18,090,000£17,294,000
2025£18,946,000£18,612,000

What it does

What

Other Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND SUFFERING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE ASSOCIATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT. (FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES)

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14TH MARCH 1986 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF 23TH MARCH 2001 AND 19TH MARCH 2003 AND 19TH JANUARY 2006.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 AUG 2016

Trustees (11)

11trustees
68median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent · 02000560 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 14/03/1986

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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