Pilgrims' Friend Society (RP)

Registered charity 299400 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIDGE CARE LIMITED

The company's objects are for the public benefit: 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 and manage residential accommodation, including Social Housing and associated facilities, amenities and services for such persons;

Causes: Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £50k and a total surplus for the year of £117k, driven by stronger occupancy. Total funds increased to £1,565k, with unrestricted reserves of £1,430k, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' operating costs. The charity is part of a group with consolidated accounts, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02001246

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.

• EDWARDS, John — director, appointed 01/10/2024on trustee list
• SYMONDS, Andrew John — director, appointed 01/10/2024on trustee list
• WARNES, Sheila Margaret — director, appointed 01/10/2024on 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). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Pilgrims’ Friend Society (RP) — Registered, 1 registered location, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 17/04/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW JOHN SYMONDS · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN EDWARDS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sheila Margaret Warnes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tilly Jessie Wood · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PILGRIMS' FRIEND SOCIETY.

• PILGRIMS' FRIEND SOCIETY income £21.0m
• Pilgrims' Friend Society Group income £26.9m
• ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOMES income £3.3m
• Seafarers' Christian Friend Society income £245k
• THE SOCIETY OF THE FAITH (INCORPORATED) income £201k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, NAILSEA income £534k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.