01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 21 May 1965
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Latest income
- £0
- Latest expenditure
- £0
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Pilgrims Friend Society, 175 Tower Bridge Road, LONDON, SE1 2AJ
Website recorded by the regulator: www.pilgrimsfriend.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The charity's object is to advance the Christian Faith as set out in the Doctrinal Basis and 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. Across our group of charities, we operate 12 residential care homes and 9 housing schemes for older people.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 July 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 24 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 November 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £63,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £63,000
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 18 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £5,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,000
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 24 November 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 24 November 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,326,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,326,000
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 27 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £63,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £63,000
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 24 November 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,326,000
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,326,000
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
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Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 24 November 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 742000
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 584000
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1326000
- Income Legacies
- 742000
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,326,000
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1326000
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,845,000
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £2,845,000
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £0
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2845000
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £556,000
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 0
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 0
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 107
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Accommodation/housing
- Classification Code
- 103
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Classification Code
- 304
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Human Resources
- Classification Code
- 108
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Religious Activities
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- PILGRIM HOMES (FORMERLY AGED PILGRIMS' FRIEND SOCIETY)
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1965-05-21T00:00:00
- Charity Name
- PILGRIM HOMES (FORMERLY AGED PILGRIMS' FRIEND SOCIETY)
- Charity Event Order
- 3
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2020-08-05T00:00:00
- Reason
- Funds transferred (gi)
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 213452
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 213452
- Assoc Charity Name
- 'ORMONDE' HOUSE TRUST (ALSO KNOWN AS ORMONDE HOME FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE)
- Charity Name
- PILGRIM HOMES (FORMERLY AGED PILGRIMS' FRIEND SOCIETY)
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2015-01-17T00:00:00
- Reason
- Funds transferred (s.74)
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 4047917
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 242266
- Assoc Charity Name
- THE WIDOW'S FRIEND SOCIETY
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 23 DECEMBER 1993, AS AMENDED BY SCHEMES DATED 22 DECEMBER 2003, 18 OCTOBER 2004 AND 20 DECEMBER 2010. as amended on 25 Sept 2025
- 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
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED.
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 225009
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- AGED PILGRIMS' FRIEND SOCIETY
- Charity Name Id
- 225017
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- PILGRIM HOMES
11 Official extract
Charity Other Regulators
- Regulator Order
- 1
- Regulator Name
- Care Quality Commission
- Regulator Order
- 2
- Regulator Name
- Homes England
12 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling