PORTCHESTER & DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO

Registered charity 1154548 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCA

Provides/enables community-run facilities, activities, services including (but not restricted to): second-hand bookshop, Woodsy's Food Pantry, Lunch Club, room hire, arts & crafts, older person's clubs, volunteering, services to children's centres/libraries; adult/community learning, Portchester Gala, community events, information centre, photocopying & printing, public computer & Wi-Fi access

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:3.1 TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;3.2 TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND/OR OTHER COMMUNITY PREMISES, AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS;3.3 TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.THE CHARITY SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION. THE AREA OF BENEFIT (AREA OF BENEFIT) SHALL BE (PORTCHESTER) AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOODS.

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 · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Fareham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net movement in funds of £(37,677) for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total net assets of £174,443. Unrestricted funds decreased to £92,338, while restricted funds stood at £82,105. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

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.

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 (0 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aimee Hall-Guy
• Carole Bailey
• Darren Beames
• David Wiltshire
• Joanne Debra Lowrey
• Karen Trinder
• Natalie Scanlon

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MONKCHESTER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO.

• MONKCHESTER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO income £50k
• TARPORLEY AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUND CIO income £59k
• PORTCHESTER COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED income £184k
• FRODSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £153k
• WECOCK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £261k
• INGATESTONE & FRYERNING COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO income £215k

Side by side with its peers

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