PLATFFORM FOR CHANGE
Registered charity 1000889 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GOFAL CYMRU, GOFAL HOUSING, GOFAL HOUSING TRUST
Platfform is the charity for mental health and social change. We work to have a lasting positive impact with people experiencing challenges with their mental health, with over 100 projects and services across Wales and the UK. We live by our values of being connected, compassionate, brave and curious in everything we do, and we believe deeply in our vision of sustainable wellbeing for all.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the group recorded a net deficit of £82k for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a near breakeven position. The trustees report that total funds balance at year-end was £4.1m (consolidated), with free reserves of £1.7m remaining comfortably ahead of the organisation's minimum required level.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: entire organisation winddown cost (held: £1.7m)
“Platfform’s minimum Free Cash Reserve Fund calculation is to be based on the entire organisation winddown cost.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“Due to resource constraints in the finance team, now addressed, this process was not completed by the time the financial statements were signed; however, the trustees have reviewed available management accounts and short-term forecasts and are satisfied that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Bevan Buckland LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Platfform (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Ewan Hilton — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Anne-Louise Clark — Chair (source)
- Dr Jen Daffin — Director (source)
- Matt Cole — Deputy CEO (source)
- Liz Mander — Executive Director (source)
- Sarah Scire — Director (source)
- Pete Johnson — Commercial Director (source)
- Jason Foster — Finance Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £181k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£12k
Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (16/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (31/05/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (09/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Anne-Louise Tongechair
- Catherine Margaret Louise Scott
- Christopher Jamie Dowson Loughran
- Deborah Anne Green
- Dr Gianncarlo Patricio Duran Diaz
- Gemma Lelliott
- Mikel Charles Mellick
- Neil Mark Hapgood
- Rachel Marie Jones
- Stewart John Davison
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is PLATFFORM FOR CHANGE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group recorded a net deficit of £82k for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a near breakeven position. The trustees report that total funds balance at year-end was £4.1m (consolidated), with free reserves of £1.7m remaining comfortably ahead of the organisation's minimum required level. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bevan Buckland LLP.
Who funds PLATFFORM FOR CHANGE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PLATFFORM FOR CHANGE as a grant recipient include WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION.
Known funders
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