PROMISE WORKS LIMITED

Registered charity 1145692 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PROMISEWORKS LIMITED

Provides long-term volunteer mentoring for vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people in Somerset.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£326k

Latest spending

£379k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity experienced a significant reduction in income during the year, with total income falling to £326,154 from £446,196 in the prior period. Despite this decrease, the charity maintained its operations by drawing down on its unrestricted reserves, which reduced from £327,527 to £314,123. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing the free reserves held and careful planning as the basis for this assessment.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

National Lottery Awards for All Fund — “Our work is only possible with the invaluable support of our funders, who help us create and maintain our services, supporting young people …” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Robert Petochair
Kama Hannah McKenzie
Kevin Anthony O'Donnell
Laura Emma Mary STAPLES
Nickie Gething
Rebecca Suzanne Bird
Tula Knight

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

Operates in: Dorset · North Somerset · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/11/2025	£326k	£379k
30/11/2024	£446k	£376k
30/11/2023	£374k	£318k
30/11/2022	£321k	£264k
30/11/2021	£249k	£197k

Common questions

Is PROMISE WORKS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity experienced a significant reduction in income during the year, with total income falling to £326,154 from £446,196 in the prior period. Despite this decrease, the charity maintained its operations by drawing down on its unrestricted reserves, which reduced from £327,527 to £314,123. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing the free reserves held and careful planning as the basis for this assessment. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PROMISE WORKS LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PROMISE WORKS LIMITED as a grant recipient include IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATION, THE NINESQUARE TRUST, THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PRUDENCE TRUST, THE PERIVOLI FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATION	FY2023	£188k
THE NINESQUARE TRUST	FY2024	£58k	Mentoring for vulnerable and disadvantaged young people (net amount after write-back)
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£33k
THE PRUDENCE TRUST	FY2024	£30k	Core costs
THE PRUDENCE TRUST	FY2022	£30k	Core costs
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£28k
THE NINESQUARE TRUST	FY2022	£20k	Grant agreed but not paid / ongoing funding
THE PERIVOLI FOUNDATION	FY2022	£15k
THE PERIVOLI FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k
THE ADFAL TRUST	FY2024	£4k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£3k
THE ADFAL TRUST	FY2025	£3k
SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£500
THE NINESQUARE TRUST	FY2025	£0	Recurring grant (paid in Dec 2024, no accounting debit in 2025)
THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£0
THE ADFAL TRUST	FY2023	—

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/03/2026	£20k	Trauma Counselling for Mentees who have experienced ACE's
Somerset Community Foundation	24/05/2022	£15k	Business development, including recruiting a general manager to supervise staff and volunteers while growing the charity
Somerset Community Foundation	07/04/2022	£2k	Training new volunteer mentors to support young people on the edge of care
Somerset Community Foundation	04/10/2019	£23k	Mentoring vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people in Somerset
Somerset Community Foundation	06/09/2019	£5k	Core costs
Somerset Community Foundation	25/07/2019	£110k	Integrating the mentoring of vulnerable young people into Bridgwater’s future
UK government	01/01/2019	£9k	Tampon Tax Community Fund
Somerset Community Foundation	08/02/2017	£6k	PROMISEworks