PORTCHESTER FREE CHURCH TRUST

Registered charity 1086444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MISSION GUATEMALA, PORCHESTER FREE CHURCH TRUST

See Annual Trustees Report.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN HAMPSHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUST(B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: HAMPSHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£149k

Latest spending

£159k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves (cash) decreased to £12,963, which is above the stated minimum target of £3,600. The charity reported a net deficit of £10,312 for the year, with total expenditure exceeding total income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no less than £3,600 (held: £13k)

“The charity generally aims to hold cash of no less than £3,600 to help meet operating costs”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

Mission Guatemala

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

Operates in: Guatemala

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£149k	£159k
31/12/2024	£153k	£130k
31/12/2023	£132k	£133k
31/12/2022	£119k	£123k
19/10/2021	£158k	£160k

Common questions

Is PORTCHESTER FREE CHURCH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves (cash) decreased to £12,963, which is above the stated minimum target of £3,600. The charity reported a net deficit of £10,312 for the year, with total expenditure exceeding total income. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
KINGS CHURCH SOUTHAMPTON	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PORTSWOOD CHURCH.

PORTSWOOD CHURCH income £213k
UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN EUROPE TRUST income £366k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF TETTENHALL REGIS income £355k
Christ Church Paignton and St Paul Preston Joint Council income £100k
PORTCHESTER PARISH HALL income £43k
BEFORE THE THRONE CHURCH income £149k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PORTCHESTER FREE CHURCH TRUST	£149k	—	above	—	no doubt
PORTSWOOD CHURCH FY2025	£213k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN EUROPE TRUST FY2025	£366k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF TETTENHALL REGIS FY2025	£355k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Christ Church Paignton and St Paul Preston Joint Council FY2025	£100k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PORTCHESTER PARISH HALL FY2025	£43k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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