Lancaster Diocesan Pilgrimage Trust

Analysis

Lancaster Diocesan Pilgrimage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in February 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Lancaster Diocesan Pilgrimage Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £18k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £4,140 to £11k (+165%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lancaster Diocesan Pilgrimage Trust sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Head Safe Football (£11k), Best Community Charity (£11k) and The J C Robinson Trust 4 (£11k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.