Pilgrimage People

Analysis

Pilgrimage People is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07180904). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Pilgrimage People reported income of £446k and spending of £452k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £38k to £446k (+1073%), an average of +85% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 409%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pilgrimage People sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chabad Lubavitch (£446k), The Terrys Cross Trust (£446k) and The Friendship Cafe (£446k).

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.