PORTOBELLO COMMUNITY FORUM

Registered charity 1139980 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

It aims to empower, inspire and motivate the community, supporting initiatives led by the local community and responding to opportunities. It is committed to facilitating provision of accessible activities at Portobello Community Centre and its community spaces, working to secure funding, independently or in partnership, to support these aims.

Objects

A) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF PORTOBELLO, WAKEFIELD WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BY THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE, SERVICES AND FACILITIES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFEB) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF PORTOBELLO, WAKEFIELD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN THE COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION, LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTSC) TO FURTHER ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES

Area of benefit: PORTOBELLO, WAKEFIELD

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£40k

Latest spending

£48k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £31,586 at year-end, which is below its stated policy target of holding at least six months of expenses in reserve. The trustees confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £31,586. The charity has a reserves policy to hold at least 6 months expenses in reserve” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees and related parties

“The total aggregate value of unconditional donations to the charity from the trustees or related parties was £6,000 (2024: £6,000). Trustee expenses No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year. Trustee remuneration and benefits No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

Government income: £4,500 — grants £4,500 (1); 11% of the £40,299 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £37,993 — grants £37,993 (7); 47% of the £81,163 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £7,500 — grants £7,500 (1); 16% of the £45,969 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

David Michael Boulton
Jamie Senior
Phillippa Lockhart
Ruth Eleanor McCallum
Sarah Joanne Coates

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£40k	£48k
30/09/2024	£81k	£69k
30/09/2023	£46k	£51k
30/09/2022	£40k	£49k
30/09/2021	£39k	£27k

Common questions

Is PORTOBELLO COMMUNITY FORUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £31,586 at year-end, which is below its stated policy target of holding at least six months of expenses in reserve. The trustees confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/06/2021	£10k	"Portobello 100 HeritageTrail"
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/05/2021	£10k	Portobello Centenary Garden Party

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 FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£65k
YOUNG MANCHESTER	1	£44k
The Keith Howard Foundation	1	£20k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	1	£9k
THE SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITY	1	£5k
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST	1	£5k
THE ARCHER TRUST	1	£4k
MANCHESTER AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST FUND	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHARROW COMMUNITY FORUM LIMITED.

SHARROW COMMUNITY FORUM LIMITED income £604k
PROACTIVE COMMUNITY ENDEAVOURS income £252k
THE HONORARY TREASURERS FORUM income £39k
PARTICIPATE PROJECTS income £627k
POTTERY BANK COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD income £223k
PETERSFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £79k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PORTOBELLO COMMUNITY FORUM	£40k	—	below	—	no doubt
SHARROW COMMUNITY FORUM LIMITED FY2026	£604k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PROACTIVE COMMUNITY ENDEAVOURS FY2025	£252k	—	below	—	noted
THE HONORARY TREASURERS FORUM FY2025	£39k	£13,500	above	—	no doubt
PARTICIPATE PROJECTS FY2025	£627k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
POTTERY BANK COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD FY2025	£223k	—	above	—	no doubt

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