PILGRIMS' FRIEND SOCIETY
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
+77.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
+2.1% vs 2024
Employees
611
-2.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PILGRIMS' FRIEND SOCIETY 2016-04-04 → present
- PILGRIM HAVENS 2013-07-10 → 2016-04-04
- THE ERNEST LUFF HOMES 1995-02-22 → 2013-07-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,456,000 | £20,033,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,702,000 | £361,000 | |
| Cash | £5,641,000 | £10,016,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,938,000 | £17,299,000 | |
| Net assets | £16,938,000 | £17,299,000 | |
| Equity | £16,938,000 | £17,299,000 | |
| Average employees | 627 | 611 | |
| Wages | £11,414,000 | £12,699,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 9.2% | 1.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.19x | 2.32x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- PILGRIMS' FRIEND SOCIETY · parent
- Strathclyde House Trust Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Last year the team we established to help other Christian charities foresee the need to be part of a larger group has allowed us to complete the work to take over the running of Bridgemead nursing home in Bath and subsequently to welcome Preston Bethany Care into the Group (transaction date 1 April 2025).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILLMAN, Julian David | Secretary | 2024-12-05 | — | — |
| BARKER, Frances Rachel | Director | 2026-02-05 | Jul 1961 | British |
| COPEMAN, Alan Richard | Director | 2016-09-06 | Oct 1945 | British |
| ESPEJO, Genefer Denise | Director | 2016-09-06 | Jul 1949 | British |
| WARNES, Sheila Margaret | Director | 2022-06-09 | Mar 1954 | British |
| WOOD, Tilly Jessie | Director | 2026-02-05 | Mar 1952 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAY, Adrian Paul | Secretary | 2018-01-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| BUGGS, Deborah Ruth | Secretary | 2020-08-01 | 2023-10-09 |
| FRICKER, Robert Edwin Colin | Secretary | 2023-10-09 | 2024-12-05 |
| JESSOP, Andrew | Secretary | 2010-04-01 | 2014-01-01 |
| NORRIS, Geoffrey Richard | Secretary | 2014-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| THORNTON, Graham Arthur | Secretary | 1995-02-22 | 2010-04-01 |
| ALLEN, Frances Irene | Director | 2004-07-27 | 2010-04-01 |
| ASHDOWN, Leonard Albert John | Director | 1995-02-22 | 2004-05-25 |
| BROWNSELL, Graham Federick | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-09-15 |
| CHAPMAN, Christopher John | Director | 2004-11-25 | 2010-04-01 |
| CHASE, Reginald Ernest | Director | 1995-02-22 | 2003-09-17 |
| COPEMAN, Alan Richard | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-09-15 |
| CORDINGLEY, Ronald Samuel | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-09-15 |
| CREEDY, Thomas John | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2018-11-16 |
| DAVIS, Brian Edward | Director | 2011-09-15 | 2016-11-01 |
| EDWARDS, John | Director | 2017-08-15 | 2020-03-17 |
| FOSTER, Edna Muriel | Director | 1995-05-10 | 2004-07-27 |
| FULLARTON, Peter James | Director | 2015-10-20 | 2016-11-07 |
| HALLETT, Martyn Nicholas | Director | 2022-10-06 | 2023-06-19 |
| HARE, Alan John | Director | 2016-04-06 | 2020-01-03 |
| HARE, Alan John | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-09-15 |
| JARVIS, Bryan Roger | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2023-12-31 |
| JARVIS, Bryan Roger | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-09-15 |
| KNELL, Michael Edward | Director | 1995-02-22 | 1999-01-13 |
| MCLAREN, Judith Ann, Dr | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2020-03-17 |
| MILLS, Henry Thomas James | Director | 1995-02-22 | 1995-12-31 |
| NEWMAN, David James | Director | 1995-02-22 | 1997-10-08 |
| PERRY, Christopher James | Director | 2006-12-06 | 2010-04-01 |
| RIDGEWELL, Colin | Director | 1995-02-22 | 2004-12-31 |
| ROBINSON, Maxwell Mackenzie | Director | 2020-04-30 | 2023-07-24 |
| ROSE, Andrew David, Revd | Director | 2001-03-15 | 2007-09-04 |
| SAGGERS, Dorothy Rose | Director | 2006-09-26 | 2009-05-08 |
| SAWTELL, Mabel | Director | 1995-02-22 | 1999-11-24 |
| SYMONDS, Andrew John | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2019-11-14 |
| TERVET, Peter Alexander | Director | 2011-09-15 | 2014-09-16 |
| THORNTON, Auriol Vanda | Director | 1999-02-10 | 2010-04-01 |
| THORNTON, Graham Arthur | Director | 1995-02-22 | 2000-03-31 |
| THURGOOD, Raymond William | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2017-11-28 |
| THURGOOD, Raymond William | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-09-15 |
| TURNBULL, Robin Barry | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2023-12-31 |
| TURNBULL, Robin Barry | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-09-15 |
| APFS 1807 | Corporate Director | 2011-09-15 | 2016-09-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pilgrims Friend Group | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2019-02-26 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 178 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-15 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-15 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+8.5%
£18,456,000 £20,033,000
-
Cash
+77.6%
£5,641,000 £10,016,000
-
Net assets
+2.1%
£16,938,000 £17,299,000
-
Employees
-2.6%
627 611
-
Wages
+11.3%
£11,414,000 £12,699,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers