Pilgrim Heart and Lung Fund

Analysis

Pilgrim Heart and Lung Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Boston. It was registered in November 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Pilgrim Heart and Lung Fund reported income of £11k and spending of £12k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,694 to £11k (+318%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 3934%. Over the whole period it spent 30% 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 Heart and Lung Fund 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 Neuadd Bentref David Hughes, Cemaes (£11k), Clayhall Islamic Cultural Centre (£11k) and The Carr-Jones (Vicar and Churchwardens) Trust, Bosham (£11k).