The Pilgrims' School

Analysis

The Pilgrims' School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in April 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04296085). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Pilgrims' School reported income of £5.5m and spending of £5.9m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4.8m to £5.5m (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Pilgrims' School sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Quilter Investors Charity Authorised Investment Funds (£5.5m), The Chellaram Foundation (£5.6m) and The Drapers' Charities Pooling Scheme (£5.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 1.6%. Reserves of £3.3m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 98 people.