Aged Pilgrim's Friend Society, office of Sunday School Union, Old Bailey, instituted 1807, for the purpose of giving life-pensions of £10 : 10s. and £5 : 5s. to poor, aged, and infirm Protestant Christians. About £50,000 have been distributed among 1,700 pensioners since its formation; and at the present time, nearly 500 of the aged are relieved monthly to the amount of £2,500 per annum. An asylum has just been completed for 42 of the life-pensioners of the society, and the committee hope to obtain funds sufficient for commencing another to accommodate at least 80.
Income during the past year amounted to £2,440.
Treasurer, Mr. Robert Kenneth.—Hon. Secretaries, Messrs. John Box and William Jackson.
SOURCE: The Charities of London, by Samuel Low, Jun., London: Sampson Low, Son,
and Marston, Milton House, Ludgate Hill. 1861.