PILGRIMS' FRIEND SOCIETY
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Cash
£11m
+9.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£18m
+3.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
656
+7.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£616k
+70.6% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,456,000 | £20,033,000 | £21,342,000 | +6.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | £361,000 | £616,000 | +70.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,702,000 | £361,000 | £616,000 | +70.6% | |
| Cash | £5,641,000 | £10,016,000 | £10,957,000 | +9.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,938,000 | £17,299,000 | £17,915,000 | +3.6% | |
| Net assets | £16,938,000 | £17,299,000 | £17,915,000 | +3.6% | |
| Equity | £16,938,000 | £17,299,000 | £17,915,000 | +3.6% | |
| Average employees | 627 | 611 | 656 | +7.4% | |
| Wages | £11,414,000 | £12,699,000 | £13,743,000 | +8.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,574 | £0 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 9.2% | 1.8% | 2.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.19x | 2.32x | 2.09x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PILGRIMS' FRIEND SOCIETY 2016-04-04 → present
- PILGRIM HAVENS 2013-07-10 → 2016-04-04
- THE ERNEST LUFF HOMES 1995-02-22 → 2013-07-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- PILGRIMS' FRIEND SOCIETY · parent
- Strathclyde House Trust Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Around £750k of "one off costs" relating to the closure of the Homesdale care home releasing the site for redevelopment.”
- “Transfer of a nursing home in Bath (Bridgemead) and on 1 April 2025 Preston Bethany Care Limited joined the group (Bethany House care home).”
- “Major work was completed successfully as a post balance sheet event regarding flood defences for Bridgemead from the River Avon.”
- “On 1 May 2026 two care homes, Furze Hill House and Villa Adastra, were acquired from The Salvation Army for a combined £5.7m.”
- “On 12th June 2026, a £3.5m loan with a 15-year term was taken out with Lloyds Bank plc to acquire the two homes mentioned above.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILLMAN, Julian David | Secretary | 2024-12-05 | — | — |
| BARKER, Frances Rachel | Director | 2026-02-05 | Jul 1961 | British |
| COPEMAN, Alan Richard | Director | 2016-09-06 | Oct 1945 | British |
| ESPEJO, Genefer Denise | Director | 2016-09-06 | Jul 1949 | British |
| WARNES, Sheila Margaret | Director | 2022-06-09 | Mar 1954 | British |
| WOOD, Tilly Jessie | Director | 2026-02-05 | Mar 1952 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAY, Adrian Paul | Secretary | 2018-01-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| BUGGS, Deborah Ruth | Secretary | 2020-08-01 | 2023-10-09 |
| FRICKER, Robert Edwin Colin | Secretary | 2023-10-09 | 2024-12-05 |
| JESSOP, Andrew | Secretary | 2010-04-01 | 2014-01-01 |
| NORRIS, Geoffrey Richard | Secretary | 2014-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| THORNTON, Graham Arthur | Secretary | 1995-02-22 | 2010-04-01 |
| ALLEN, Frances Irene | Director | 2004-07-27 | 2010-04-01 |
| ASHDOWN, Leonard Albert John | Director | 1995-02-22 | 2004-05-25 |
| BROWNSELL, Graham Federick | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-09-15 |
| CHAPMAN, Christopher John | Director | 2004-11-25 | 2010-04-01 |
| CHASE, Reginald Ernest | Director | 1995-02-22 | 2003-09-17 |
| COPEMAN, Alan Richard | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-09-15 |
| CORDINGLEY, Ronald Samuel | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-09-15 |
| CREEDY, Thomas John | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2018-11-16 |
| DAVIS, Brian Edward | Director | 2011-09-15 | 2016-11-01 |
| EDWARDS, John | Director | 2017-08-15 | 2020-03-17 |
| FOSTER, Edna Muriel | Director | 1995-05-10 | 2004-07-27 |
| FULLARTON, Peter James | Director | 2015-10-20 | 2016-11-07 |
| HALLETT, Martyn Nicholas | Director | 2022-10-06 | 2023-06-19 |
| HARE, Alan John | Director | 2016-04-06 | 2020-01-03 |
| HARE, Alan John | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-09-15 |
| JARVIS, Bryan Roger | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2023-12-31 |
| JARVIS, Bryan Roger | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-09-15 |
| KNELL, Michael Edward | Director | 1995-02-22 | 1999-01-13 |
| MCLAREN, Judith Ann, Dr | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2020-03-17 |
| MILLS, Henry Thomas James | Director | 1995-02-22 | 1995-12-31 |
| NEWMAN, David James | Director | 1995-02-22 | 1997-10-08 |
| PERRY, Christopher James | Director | 2006-12-06 | 2010-04-01 |
| RIDGEWELL, Colin | Director | 1995-02-22 | 2004-12-31 |
| ROBINSON, Maxwell Mackenzie | Director | 2020-04-30 | 2023-07-24 |
| ROSE, Andrew David, Revd | Director | 2001-03-15 | 2007-09-04 |
| SAGGERS, Dorothy Rose | Director | 2006-09-26 | 2009-05-08 |
| SAWTELL, Mabel | Director | 1995-02-22 | 1999-11-24 |
| SYMONDS, Andrew John | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2019-11-14 |
| TERVET, Peter Alexander | Director | 2011-09-15 | 2014-09-16 |
| THORNTON, Auriol Vanda | Director | 1999-02-10 | 2010-04-01 |
| THORNTON, Graham Arthur | Director | 1995-02-22 | 2000-03-31 |
| THURGOOD, Raymond William | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2017-11-28 |
| THURGOOD, Raymond William | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-09-15 |
| TURNBULL, Robin Barry | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2023-12-31 |
| TURNBULL, Robin Barry | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-09-15 |
| APFS 1807 | Corporate Director | 2011-09-15 | 2016-09-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pilgrims Friend Group | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2019-02-26 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-15 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-06-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-06-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-06-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-15 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.