THE PONTESBURY PROJECT FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Registered charity 1123796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Pontesbury Project for People with Special Needs provides support for adults with severe learning and other disabilities. The Charity operates a domiciliary care agency registered with the Care Quality Commission.

Causes: Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.6m

Latest spending

£2.5m

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £131,825 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves totaling £1,390,775. The trustees note that these reserves are higher than their policy target but are considered reasonable given sector uncertainties and recruitment difficulties. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Local authority grant income (87% of income)

“Local authority grant income 2,246,731” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 12 weeks running costs (held: £1.4m)

“The Trustees consider it prudent that unrestricted reserves should be sufficient to: . Ideally cover a minimum of 12 weeks running costs to ensure that the Charity can run efficiently and meet the needs of the service users.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by James Holyoak & Parker Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£2.6m

Total spending

£2.5m

Reserves (reported)

£1.4m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

Jane Cookechair · trustee of 1 other charity
Elizabeth Rachel Coward · trustee of 1 other charity
Philip Neil Bradley · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev SHIRLEY MAUREEN SMALL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.6m	£2.5m
31/03/2024	£2.5m	£2.4m
31/03/2023	£2.4m	£2.5m
31/03/2022	£2.4m	£2.4m
31/03/2021	£2.9m	£2.8m

Common questions

Is THE PONTESBURY PROJECT FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £131,825 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves totaling £1,390,775. The trustees note that these reserves are higher than their policy target but are considered reasonable given sector uncertainties and recruitment difficulties. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by James Holyoak & Parker Limited.

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 MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY	1	£13k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	1	£2k
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT.

PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT income £1.2m
POINT income £1.0m
POLESWORTH GROUP HOMES LIMITED income £4.3m
CYLCH MEITHRIN PONTYBEREM income £107k
PARTNERSHIPS OVERSEAS NETWORKING TRUST income £321k
MILTON KEYNES SPECIAL NEEDS ADVANCEMENT PROJECT income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PONTESBURY PROJECT FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS	£2.6m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT FY2024	£1.2m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
POINT FY2025	£1.0m	£70,000 or above	—	above	—	no doubt
POLESWORTH GROUP HOMES LIMITED FY2025	£4.3m	£60,001 - £70,000	2	above	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN PONTYBEREM FY2025	£107k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PARTNERSHIPS OVERSEAS NETWORKING TRUST FY2025	£321k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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