PILGRIM HOMES TRUST

Registered charity 1183226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1807 FRESH START

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.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £479,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £129,000 in the prior year. The trustees confirm that the charity holds adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with total net assets of £29,769,000.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11685624

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CURRAN, Herbert Mark — director, appointed 06/10/2022on trustee list
• CLOVEY, Sylvia Marian — director, appointed 06/10/2022on trustee list
• ABBOTT, Michael Raymond — director, appointed 20/11/2019on trustee list
• SYMONDS, Andrew John — director, appointed 02/01/2019on trustee list
• EDWARDS, John — director, appointed 02/01/2019on trustee list
• MCLAREN, Judith Ann, Dr — director, appointed 02/01/2019on trustee list
• HILLMAN, Julian David — secretary, appointed 05/12/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £1.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~46.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (49% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew John Symondschair
• DR JUDITH ANN MCLAREN · trustee of 1 other charity
• HERBERT MARK CURRAN · trustee of 3 other charities
• JOHN EDWARDS · trustee of 2 other charities
• MICHAEL RAYMOND ABBOTT
• Sylvia Marian Clovey · trustee of 2 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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