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PORCH BOXES

Registered charity 1089998 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PORCH

Porch Boxes uses gifts from community groups and purchased materials to provide packs of food and basic necessities to vulnerable people in crisis need via their caring referral agencies.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS PRIMARILY AMONGST PEOPLES LIVING IN THE BURY AND ROCHDALE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FOOD, TOILETRIES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL GOODS

Area of benefit: BURY AND ROCHDALE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bury, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£42k
Latest spending
£51k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has no paid staff and relies entirely on volunteers. The trustees report that the charity maintains a reserve fund of £60,000 to protect against potential future accommodation costs, noting that increased funding has allowed for expanded support services.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The charity has no paid staff.” — page 5
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bury · Rochdale

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£42k£51k
31/12/2024£28k£42k
31/12/2023£31k£37k
31/12/2022£51k£21k
31/12/2021£43k£11k

Common questions

Is PORCH BOXES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has no paid staff and relies entirely on volunteers. The trustees report that the charity maintains a reserve fund of £60,000 to protect against potential future accommodation costs, noting that increased funding has allowed for expanded support services. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE GSR FOUNDATION1£135k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION1£50k
ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND BLOOMSBURY UNITED CHARITY1£48k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£15k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
THE RAINFORD TRUST1£10k
The Ashley Family Foundation1£5k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PORCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PORCH BOXES£42k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PORCH FY2025£394k—0unclear—no doubt
SHELTERBOX TRUST FY2025£18.0m£120,001 - £130,000—below—no doubt
Water Survival Box Ltd FY2025£222k—0unclear—no doubt
SHOWERBOX CIO FY2025£134k—0unclear82.0%no doubt
CARE PACKS FY2025£92k——unclear—no doubt

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