THE PORTISHEAD NAUTICAL TRUST

Registered charity 228876 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust aims to relieve and assist young persons under the age of 25 who suffer deprivation, poverty, financial hardship or difficulty, parental neglect, lack of control or other misfortune.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£118k

Latest spending

£96k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,304,432, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees report a strong financial position supported by investment income and note that charitable expenditure was slightly less than incoming resources. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain the capital invested to ensure sufficient income can continue to be generated (held: £2.3m)

“The Trust aims to maintain the capital invested to ensure sufficient income can continue to be generated to distribute to the charities and individuals making applications and meeting the objects of The Trust.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00087906

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

STONE, Alison Jayne — director, appointed 26/10/2021on trustee list
WOODHEAD, Conrad Martin — director, appointed 30/04/2019on trustee list
MARGERISON, Patricia Anne May — director, appointed 31/10/2017on trustee list
MCPHERSON, Anne Felicity — director, appointed 28/04/2015on trustee list
DINGLEY-BROWN, Peter Charles — director, appointed 18/10/2011not on trustee list
CROSSMAN, Colin — director, appointed 24/04/2007on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anne Felicity McPhersonchair
Alison Jayne Stone
COLIN CROSSMAN
Conrad Martin Woodhead
PATRICIA ANNE MAY MARGERISON · trustee of 1 other charity
PETER CHARLES DINGLEY-BROWN FCCA

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

Operates in: Bristol City · North Somerset · Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£118k	£96k
31/03/2024	£96k	£94k
31/03/2023	£114k	£103k
31/03/2022	£97k	£114k
31/03/2021	£78k	£106k

Common questions

Is THE PORTISHEAD NAUTICAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,304,432, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees report a strong financial position supported by investment income and note that charitable expenditure was slightly less than incoming resources. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£7k
THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION	1	—
MAKERS OF PLAYING CARDS CHARITY	1	—
The Ethos Foundation	1	£3.5m
The Caring Family Foundation	1	£410k
THE MIKHEEV CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£305k
B&Q Foundation	1	£210k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	1	£152k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CIRDAN SAILING TRUST (INCORPORATING THE FARAMIR TRUST) LIMITED.

THE CIRDAN SAILING TRUST (INCORPORATING THE FARAMIR TRUST) LIMITED income £719k
REARDON SMITH NAUTICAL TRUST income £126k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST income £3.3m
The Portal Trust income £8.2m
THE PORTO CHARITABLE TRUST income £70k
SAILSHIP TRAINING AND LEARNING FOR LIFE income £343k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PORTISHEAD NAUTICAL TRUST	£118k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CIRDAN SAILING TRUST (INCORPORATING THE FARAMIR TRUST) LIMITED FY2025	£719k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
REARDON SMITH NAUTICAL TRUST FY2025	£126k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST FY2025	£3.3m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	below	—	no doubt
The Portal Trust FY2025	£8.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PORTO CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£70k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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