PARTNERS OF PRISONERS AND FAMILIES SUPPORT GROUP

Registered charity 1048152 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as P O P S

The advancement of education and training and the relief of poverty and sickness among persons who are suffering, or who have suffered, a legal restriction on their liberty in a penal or correctional establishment, or through any means whatsoever, and the families of such persons in such ways the trustees think fit.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.1m

Latest spending

£2.1m

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a small surplus of £6,527 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £2,068,818 and expenditure of £2,062,291. Total reserves stood at £1,002,270, comprising £688,365 in general funds, £275,000 in designated funds, and £38,905 in restricted funds. The trustees state that the financial situation is secure and allows for future development of charitable activities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee earned between £60,000 and £69,999 (2024: One).” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee earned between £60,000 and £69,999 (2024: One).” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three and six months of the resources expended (held: £688k)

“POPS has an agreed reserves policy that supports the maintenance of free reserves of between three and six months of the resources expended.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03067385

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — POPS (Partners of Prisoners and Families Support Group) (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

DOWNS, William — director, appointed 23/09/2025on trustee list
JOUBERT, Yolande — director, appointed 23/09/2025on trustee list
ORDISH, Amanda — director, appointed 23/09/2025on trustee list
RAINES, Miriam — director, appointed 23/09/2025on trustee list
FLANAGAN, Barry — director, appointed 11/04/2025on trustee list
FITZGERALD, Chris — director, appointed 15/09/2022on trustee list
GRANT, Guy — director, appointed 21/06/2021on trustee list
HILL, Raymond — director, appointed 18/03/2019not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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 £184k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£2.1m

Total spending

£2.1m

Reserves (reported)

£1.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/06/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Beverley Thompson-Brownchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Amanda Ordish
Barry Flanagan
Chris Fitzgerald
GUY GRANT
Miriam Raines
William Downs
Yolande Joubert

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.1m	£2.1m
31/03/2024	£1.9m	£1.8m
31/03/2023	£1.6m	£1.4m
31/03/2022	£805k	£995k
31/03/2021	£1.1m	£1.0m

Common questions

Is PARTNERS OF PRISONERS AND FAMILIES SUPPORT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a small surplus of £6,527 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £2,068,818 and expenditure of £2,062,291. Total reserves stood at £1,002,270, comprising £688,365 in general funds, £275,000 in designated funds, and £38,905 in restricted funds. The trustees state that the financial situation is secure and allows for future development of charitable activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of PARTNERS OF PRISONERS AND FAMILIES SUPPORT GROUP earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/10/2009	£10k	Offenders Families - Doin it for themselves!
UK government	—	£98k	North West National Probation Service ? BAME.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE DULVERTON TRUST	2	£227k
The Goldsmiths' Foundation	2	£44k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	2	£12k
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable Trust	2	£5k
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	1	£200k
THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£180k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£175k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST	1	£161k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PRISONERS EDUCATION TRUST.

PRISONERS EDUCATION TRUST income £2.3m
PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH income £1.3m
JUSTICE DEFENDERS income £2.1m
OUT THERE SUPPORTING FAMILIES OF PRISONERS LIMITED income £256k
PRISON SERVICE CHARITY FUND income £170k
THE SHERIFFS' AND RECORDERS' FUND income £439k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PARTNERS OF PRISONERS AND FAMILIES SUPPORT GROUP	£2.1m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
PRISONERS EDUCATION TRUST FY2024	£2.3m	£100,001 - £110,000	—	above	—	no doubt
PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
JUSTICE DEFENDERS FY2024	£2.1m	£170,001 - £180,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
OUT THERE SUPPORTING FAMILIES OF PRISONERS LIMITED FY2025	£256k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
PRISON SERVICE CHARITY FUND FY2025	£170k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.