PERIOD POWER

Registered charity 1181769 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We supply period products to people who would otherwise go without due to their social and financial circumstances.We also hold workshops and meetings to encourage the discussion surrounding periods to try and remove any stigma surrounding menstruation.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE UK BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH SANITARY ITEMS AND RELATED PRODUCTS WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stafford, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£50k
Latest spending
£19k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £114,841, which is above the stated policy target of £15,000. The charity reported a net income of £31,171 for the year, funded primarily by donations and legacies, with no staff costs incurred as all work is performed by volunteers.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £15,000 (held: £115k)
“Our reserve policy is to hold is £15,000 and this has been decided because this will give us 12 month operational costs if we have to without any grants.” — page 5
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.

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 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Government income: £10,000 — grants £10,000 (1); 21% of the £46,904 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2021 (received 08/02/2023, 223 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Period Power (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£50k£19k
31/08/2024£10k£28k
31/08/2023£47k£24k
31/08/2022£17k£25k
31/08/2021£40k£25k

Common questions

Is PERIOD POWER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £114,841, which is above the stated policy target of £15,000. The charity reported a net income of £31,171 for the year, funded primarily by donations and legacies, with no staff costs incurred as all work is performed by volunteers. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PERIOD POWER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PERIOD POWER as a grant recipient include NEWBY TRUST LIMITED, Mercer Family Charitable Foundation, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHASE TERRACE AND BONEY HAY, ST. JOHN, STAFFORDSHIRE COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/06/2021£10kCovid Support
UK government23/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund30/04/2020£10kCovid relief

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PERIOD POWER£50k—0unclear—no doubt
WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS FY2026£850k—0unclear—no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025£781k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
PREGNANCY CENTRES NETWORK FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt
TEESVALLEY WOMENS CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£387k—0above—no doubt
HAVERING WOMEN'S AID FY2025£664k—0unclear—no doubt

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