Pilgrim Hospital Support Group
Analysis
Pilgrim Hospital Support Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Boston. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending March 2026, Pilgrim Hospital Support Group reported income of £18k and spending of £43k, spending 236% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £29k to £18k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pilgrim Hospital Support Group sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Restoration Mission (£18k), The Sick Doctors Trust (£18k) and Mainstay (£18k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The relief of sickness in Lincolnshire by assisting the provision of equipment for hospitals in the area, in particular, but not exclusively, the Pilgrim Hospital in Boston.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Restoration Mission | London | £18k |
| The Sick Doctors Trust | Glasgow | £18k |
| Mainstay | York | £18k |
| Springfields Employees Medical Research and Charity Trust Fund | Lancashire | £18k |