PILGRIM SUPPORT

Registered charity 1188594 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pilgrim exists to advance the Islamic faith, religious practices and education for the public benefit throughout England and Wales. The promotion of religious harmony for the benefit of the public by promoting knowledge and mutual understanding and respect of the beliefs and practices of different religious faiths. the relief of those in need

Objects

“TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC FAITH, RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES.THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS.THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO ENABLE RELIGIOUS PILGRIMAGES.”

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Newham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a deficit of £267,912 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a reduction of total reserves from £420,875 to £152,963. This decrease was attributed to strategic investments in digital platforms and infrastructure. Despite the deficit, the Trustees state that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future and remains satisfied with its financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 11/01/2025, 72 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 01/12/2022, 31 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pilgrim Support (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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: 13.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mohammed Shabbir Hassanchair
• Khatija Sacranie

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WALSINGHAM TRUST.

• WALSINGHAM TRUST income £2.4m
• THE PILGRIM TRUST income £1.2m
• PILGRIM HOSPITAL SUPPORT GROUP income £18k
• PILGRIMS' HALL FELLOWSHIP LIMITED income £122k
• CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH PILGRIMS TABERNACLE income £89k
• THE PARTNERSHIP TRUST income £206k

Side by side with its peers

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