SHARE (PORTSMOUTH)

Registered charity 1200905 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our aim is to reduce carbon, waste and raw material use through sharing, repairing and re-use in and around Portsmouth. We currently run projects such as Repair Cafe Portsmouth and Portsmouth Library of Things.

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Latest income

£133k

Latest spending

£124k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources were £133,166 with net incoming resources of £9,151, resulting in total funds of £71,850 at year-end. The trustees' report notes that financial sustainability remains a key risk due to dependency on grant income, although secured funding covers planned expenditure for the next two years. Free reserves amounted to £40,022, which the trustees consider below their policy target of six months' operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £40k; policy: six months of operating costs)

“At 31st December 2025, free reserves amounted to £40,022. Our forecast expenditure for 2026 plans is £54,345”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Benjamin Stephen Leverittchair
Clive Good
Dr Alexandra Vivien Tymon
Joanna Catherine Toms · trustee of 1 other charity
Kristina Genevieve Downey
Laura Longland
Neil William John Kerfoot

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Portsmouth City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£133k	£124k
31/12/2024	£100k	£75k
31/12/2023	£106k	£69k

Common questions

Is SHARE (PORTSMOUTH) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total incoming resources were £133,166 with net incoming resources of £9,151, resulting in total funds of £71,850 at year-end. The trustees' report notes that financial sustainability remains a key risk due to dependency on grant income, although secured funding covers planned expenditure for the next two years. Free reserves amounted to £40,022, which the trustees consider below their policy target of six months' operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SHARE (PORTSMOUTH)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SHARE (PORTSMOUTH) as a grant recipient include THE HIVE PORTSMOUTH, THE PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Joanna Catherine Toms — trustee here and at THE HIVE PORTSMOUTH

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HIVE PORTSMOUTH	FY2024	£1k	Portsmouth Community Lottery
THE PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION	FY2025	£500

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	30/09/2024	£25k	Unrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/09/2024	£135k	Share (Portsmouth)
Postcode Lottery	03/04/2023	£14k	Project Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/01/2023	£10k	Portsmouth Library of Things & Repair Café Hub