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PORTLAND COLLEGE

Registered charity 214339 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PORTLAND TRAINING COLLEGE FOR THE DISABLED

Portland College is a vibrant national college for people with a wide range of disabilities. It is one of the foremost Colleges of its type providing good learning opportunities for up to 300 students aged from 16. They who come from all over the country to take advantage of Portland's excellent facilities and wide spectrum of programmes in an environment designed to meet their special needs.

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Latest income
£23.0m
Latest spending
£20.6m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group generated a surplus of £2,130k for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted free reserves of £15,999k. The Trustees confirm that these reserves meet the stated policy target of 1-3 months of expenditure, which equates to a required range of £1,724k to £5,172k. The auditors reported no material uncertainties regarding the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £110,001 - £120,000 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)
“In the band £110,001 - £120,000” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 1-3 months expenditure (held: £16.0m)
“The basis of calculation of Free Reserves agreed by the Directors is 1-3 months expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Related party transactions
“Portland College has a fully owned trading subsidiary, Portland College Enterprises Limited. During the year, costs of £34k (2024: £12k) were incurred and sales of £120k (2024: £177k) were generated. At 31 August 2025, the Charity was owed £230k (2024: £168k) by the subsidiary.” — page 54
“Portland College has a fully owned trading subsidiary, JumpstartAP. Limited. During the year, costs of £158k were incurred. At 31 August 2025, the Charity was owed £158k by the subsidiary.” — page 54
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Related party transactions
“Portland College has a fully owned trading subsidiary, Portland College Enterprises Limited. During the year, costs of £34k (2024: £12k) were incurred and sales of £120k (2024: £177k) were generated. At 31 August 2025, the Charity was owed £230k (2024: £168k) by the subsidiary.” — page 54
“Portland College has a fully owned trading subsidiary, JumpstartAP. Limited. During the year, costs of £158k were incurred. At 31 August 2025, the Charity was owed £158k by the subsidiary.” — page 54
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Portland College Enterprises Limited, Polly Teach Limited, Jumpstart AP Ltd
“Portland College has three wholly owned subsidiaries, Portland College Enterprises Limited, Polly Teach Limited and Jumpstart AP Ltd” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

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Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Portland College — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 16/05/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£23.0m
Total spending
£20.6m
Cost of raising funds
£170k
Reserves (reported)
£16.0m
Employees
671

Reported reserves equal ~9.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£23.0m£20.6m
31/08/2024£20.9m£18.5m
31/08/2023£16.3m£16.1m
31/08/2022£13.9m£13.3m
31/08/2021£12.4m£11.8m

Common questions

Is PORTLAND COLLEGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group generated a surplus of £2,130k for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted free reserves of £15,999k. The Trustees confirm that these reserves meet the stated policy target of 1-3 months of expenditure, which equates to a required range of £1,724k to £5,172k. The auditors reported no material uncertainties regarding the Group's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of PORTLAND COLLEGE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £110,001 - £120,000 band.

Who funds PORTLAND COLLEGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PORTLAND COLLEGE as a grant recipient include BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION, SAMWORTH BROTHERS COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY FUND, BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST.

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.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONFY2024£25k
SAMWORTH BROTHERS COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY FUNDFY2025£21kSports Grants
BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£9k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5kEducational
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2022£2kMedical / Disabled
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITYFY2022£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England11/02/2026£2kOpen Access Climbing and Bouldering for All
Sport England16/12/2025£13kPortland Charity: Championing Inclusion Through Sport
The National Lottery Community Fund29/02/2024£200kPortland Pathways @ Mansfield and Sutton
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2024£20kAccessible and Inclusive School Holiday Activities and Nutrition
UK government01/12/2023£99kNCS Trust EPP Grant EE Portland College
UK government01/12/2023£43kNCS Trust EPP Grant EE Portland College
The National Lottery Community Fund17/02/2023£113kPortland Pathways @ Newark
The National Lottery Community Fund04/02/2022£6kVolunteer Transportation Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund30/09/2021£107kPortland Pathways Worksop
Sport England23/12/2019£100kSportshall refurbishment
The National Lottery Community Fund17/10/2019£150kPortland Pathways
The National Lottery Community Fund03/05/2019£10kWoodland Adventure Activities Supervisor
Sport England23/05/2018£30kBuilding of Zip Wire and Climbing Wall
The National Lottery Community Fund17/09/2015£10kAble and Willing to Lead
Sport England12/05/2015£52kFEAF3
Sport England09/12/2011£68kNational disability project - ensuring fully inclusive sport
The National Lottery Community Fund10/06/2005£5kNew minibus

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED3£33k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION2£35k
THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATION2£21k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST2£15k
BLUESPARK FOUNDATION1—
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION1£145k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST1£91k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST1£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PORTLAND PLACE PRE-SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PORTLAND COLLEGE£23.0m£110,001 - £120,0000unclear—no doubt
PORTLAND PLACE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£141kUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
THE PORTLAND TRUST FY2024£2.9m——unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR THE BLIND FY2025£8.9m——unclear—noted
THE PORTSMOUTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL FY2025£20.2m——below—no doubt
VICTORIA COLLEGE LIMITED FY2025£1.5m——unclear—no doubt

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