PORTREATH IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE

Registered charity 211018 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Uses the income from the village car park to provide and maintain two village halls, childrens playground, village gardens, benches for the public and general beautification of the village and related coastal area.

Objects

TO HOLD THE TRUST PROPERTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PUBLIC AMENITIES OF THE VILLAGE AND ITS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS.

Area of benefit: PORTREATH AND BRIDGE MOOR

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£65k

Latest spending

£84k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £119 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £688,166.28. The accounts state that the trustees consider the funds currently retained are sufficient to finance necessary improvements and major repairs. The charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Portreath Association Limited rents the car park from the charity. The charity received income of £62,500. At the balance sheet date the amount due from Portreath Association Limited was £333,809.

“Portreath Association Limited rents the car park from Portreath Improvements Committee. The charity received income of £62,500 (2024 - £53,000) in respect of its car park from Portreath Association Limited. At the balance sheet date the amount due from Portreath Association Limited was £333,809 (2024- £262,155).” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

Volunteers: 17

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

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, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/10/2023 (received 29/10/2024, 59 days after the 31/08/2024 due date); year ending 31/10/2022 (received 07/09/2023, 7 days after the 31/08/2023 due date); year ending 31/10/2021 (received 17/11/2022, 78 days after the 31/08/2022 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALISON HARRIS
Alan Harris
Ann Mercs
CAROLINE Thomas
COLIN MALE
GEOFF HODGE
Louise Mallas
Mark Perry
Mel Southerden
STEVE DAVIES
Shirley Ann Nash
Simon Michael Goodwin
ZOE FORD

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£65k	£84k
31/10/2024	£59k	£46k
31/10/2023	£55k	£55k
31/10/2022	£62k	£86k
31/10/2021	£55k	£130k

Common questions

Is PORTREATH IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £119 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £688,166.28. The accounts state that the trustees consider the funds currently retained are sufficient to finance necessary improvements and major repairs. The charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/04/2022	£1k	Portreath Celebrates the Platinum Jubilee

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST IPPOLYTS PARISH HALL.

ST IPPOLYTS PARISH HALL income £37k
MASTER PARK income £35k
VILLAGE HALL income £38k
HERRIARD VILLAGE CHARITY income £74k
ATWORTH VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND income £36k
BURGESSES' LAND income £84k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PORTREATH IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE	£65k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST IPPOLYTS PARISH HALL FY2025	£37k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MASTER PARK FY2025	£35k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
VILLAGE HALL FY2026	£38k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HERRIARD VILLAGE CHARITY FY2025	£74k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ATWORTH VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND FY2025	£36k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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