THE RICHARD PORTER FAMILY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1189045 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

The relief of those in need by reason of youth by providing grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities concerned with the care, upbringing or establishment in life of children or young people;

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES CONCERNED WITH THE CARE, UPBRINGING OR ESTABLISHMENT IN LIFE OF CHILDREN OR YOUNG PEOPLE; (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, DISEASE OR HUMAN SUFFERING BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES THAT: (I) PROVIDE MEDICAL TREATMENT, CARE AND HEALING, SUCH AS HOSPITALS AND HEALING CENTRES;(II) UNDERTAKE MEDICAL RESEARCH; AND (C) SUCH OTHER GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE (TOGETHER, THE "OBJECTS"). 3.2 NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,213,000 at the end of the financial year, which is above its stated policy target of holding at least £5,000. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bernard Porter
• Freddie Porter
• Richard Maurice Porter

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

Operates in: China · Scotland · South Africa · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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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 THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST.

• THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST income £9.7m
• THE FAMILY FOUNDATION income £86k
• POSITIVE YOUTH FOUNDATION income £1.5m
• RIO FERDINAND FOUNDATION income £1.3m
• JORDAN FAMILY FOUNDATION income £69k
• THE JAYTEE FOUNDATION income £63k

Side by side with its peers

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