NATIONAL PORTAGE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1087865 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NPA

Improving the learning of young children with disabilities, and the skills of their parents, through the provision of quality training and support for Portage home visitors and the early years workforce.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO HAVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT NEEDS, THROUGH THE SYSTEM KNOWN AS PORTAGE HOME TEACHING

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, THE UNITED KINGDOM

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £17,316 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £89,024 against total expenditure of £71,708. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £207,817, which significantly exceeds the stated reserves policy target of between £12,374 and £24,748 (representing 3 to 6 months of resources expended). The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04165317 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — National Portage Association (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Disabled Children’s Partnership — “We are a proud member of the Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP)” (source page)

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.

• HANNAY-YOUNG, Kimberly Sarah Louise — director, appointed 11/11/2025on trustee list
• CREESE, Glenys Ann — director, appointed 11/11/2025on trustee list
• MOORE, Sarah — director, appointed 11/11/2025on trustee list
• JONES, Fiona — director, appointed 11/11/2025on trustee list
• WORLIDGE, Sarah Michelle — director, appointed 13/11/2024on trustee list
• MISTRY, Vinarai Bipin Chandra — director, appointed 16/02/2024on trustee list
• CHAPMAN, Jennifer — director, appointed 25/04/2022on trustee list
• DEACON, Rachel Alicia — director, appointed 05/02/2022on trustee list
• FRY, Pamela Ann — director, appointed 05/11/2021on trustee list
• DAVIES, Juliet Ann — director, appointed 16/07/2021not on trustee list
• NOUWENS, Margje Anne Willemijntje Maria — director, appointed 18/03/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/01/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Fiona Jones
• Glenys Creese
• Jennifer Chapman
• Juliet Heath
• Kimberly Hannay-Young
• Margje Anne Willemijntje Maria Nouwens
• Pamela Fry · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Alicia Deacon
• Sarah Moore
• Sarah Worlidge
• Vinarai Mistry

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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