THE POIRIER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1160090 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN WINTERTON, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND SUPPORT SERVICES DESIGNED TO RELIEVE THEIR NEEDS, INCLUDING BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION, DAY CARE SERVICES, LUNCH CLUB AND ACTIVITIES TO MAINTAIN GOOD HEALTH.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN WINTERTON, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND SUPPORT SERVICES DESIGNED TO RELIEVE THEIR NEEDS, INCLUDING BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION, DAY CARE SERVICES, LUNCH CLUB AND ACTIVITIES TO MAINTAIN GOOD HEALTH.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£10k
Latest spending
£10k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity continues its community support activities, including the 'Warm Place' initiative and 'Lunch & Linger', with 438 attendances recorded during 18 sessions. The organization relies on grants to cover operational costs such as hall hiring and transport, allowing meals to remain affordable at £5. The filing concludes with a statement of a 'successful year' and notes the development of new projects like the Community Fridge initiative.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

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 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 26

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£10k£10k
31/03/2025£34k£11k
31/03/2024£13k£10k
31/03/2023£12k£13k
31/03/2022£4k£9k

Common questions

Is THE POIRIER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity continues its community support activities, including the 'Warm Place' initiative and 'Lunch & Linger', with 438 attendances recorded during 18 sessions. The organization relies on grants to cover operational costs such as hall hiring and transport, allowing meals to remain affordable at £5. The filing concludes with a statement of a 'successful year' and notes the development of new projects like the Community Fridge initiative.

Who funds THE POIRIER FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE POIRIER FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE GROCERS' CHARITY, VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2023£5kElderly
VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITEDFY2025£2kCommunity Fridge

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government25/09/2020£7kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government08/09/2020£1kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund01/02/2017£10kLunch & Linger and Assisted Transport
The National Lottery Community Fund02/12/2015£9kTRANSPORT 4U

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 EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WINDSOR OLD PEOPLES WELFARE ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE POIRIER FOUNDATION£10k—0unclear—no doubt
WINDSOR OLD PEOPLES WELFARE ASSOCIATION FY2025£85k—0unclear—no doubt
WORCESTERSHIRE PARENT AND CARERS' COMMUNITY FY2026£47k—0unclear—no doubt

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