The British Pilgrimage Trust CIO

Analysis

The British Pilgrimage Trust CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The British Pilgrimage Trust CIO reported income of £304k and spending of £254k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £137k to £304k (+122%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The British Pilgrimage Trust CIO sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jigsaw Visitors Centre (£303k), gold-youth Africa Foundation UK (£304k) and The Barbers' Company General Charities (£303k).