THE PFC TRUST

Registered charity 1200844 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The PFC Trust aims to improve the lives and life chances of local people.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO MAKE DONATIONS, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROVIDE SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BENEFICIARIES (AS DEFINED IN CLAUSE 3.2) FOR THE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES SET OUT IN CLAUSE 3.3 (OBJECTS).3.2 FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLAUSE 3.1, BENEFICIARIES ARE ORGANISATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO RESIDE IN, OR CARRY OUT THEIR WORK WITHIN HARTLEPOOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. FOR THIS PURPOSE A BENEFICIARY RESIDES WHERE IT IS ORDINARILY RESIDENT (IN THE CASE OF AN INDIVIDUAL) OR (IN THE CASE OF AN ORGANISATION) WHERE ITS MAIN OFFICE IS LOCATED OR WHERE ITS PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY IS PERFORMED.3.3 FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLAUSE 3.1, THE BENEFICIARIES' ACTIVITIES MUST BE CONFINED TO, OR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE FUNDING MUST BE TO FURTHER, ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES:3.3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION - FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY THINKS FIT, INCLUDING:(A) THE AWARDING OF SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TO SUCH PERSONS TO ENABLE STUDY AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.(B) PROVIDING THEIR EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS), TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT EDUCATION, OR TO PREPARE FOR ENTRY TO ANY OCCUPATION, TRADE OR PROFESSION ON LEAVING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT.3.3.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS - TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, CRAFTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP, PROVIDE ART GALLERIES, ART FESTIVALS AND ARTS HERITAGE COUNCILS. PROMOTE OR ENCOURAGE HIGH STANDARDS IN THE ARTS INCLUDING MUSIC, VISUAL ART SUCH AS PAINTING, DRAWING, SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, THEATRE, DANCE, LITERATURE AND CINEMA.3.3.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT - FOR THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF SPORTS.3.3.4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT - TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES.3.3.5 TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THOSE WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SENSORY IMPAIRMENT OR SICKNESS AND THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM WITHIN THE FAMILY OR HOME BY OFFERING PROVISION FOR RESPITE SERVICE THROUGH PROVISION OF COMMUNITY-BASED CARE ATTENDANTS AND/OR HOLIDAYS FOR THOSE AFFECTED AND THEIR FAMILIES.3.3.6 TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE:(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.3.3.7 TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND POOR HEALTH AMONGST ELDERLY PEOPLE BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES.3.3.8 TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORK AND RECREATION.3.3.9 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF HARTLEPOOL BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES.3.3.10 ANY OTHER PURPOSES CURRENTLY RECOGNISED AS BEING CHARITABLE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE CHARITIES ACT, 2011.3.4 NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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

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Registered contact address: Hartlepool, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of negative £185,900 for the period ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets decreasing from £981,620 to £795,720. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £681,838, while the charity had no stated reserves policy target against which to compare this figure.

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
• 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)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 2 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 18/03/2025, 46 days after the 31/01/2025 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 — THE PFC TRUST (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 58.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jennifer Anne Elizabeth Beveridgechair
• Fiona Connolly
• Frances Mary Connolly
• Gary Riches
• John Robert O'Sullivan
• Shaun David Hope
• kelly daley

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

Operates in: Durham · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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