Porta Trust

Analysis

Porta Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides other finance and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Porta Trust reported income of £35k and spending of £36k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £42k to £35k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Porta Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Revival Centre International (£35k), Fifty Plus Aged Eritrean Welfare Association (£35k) and Emmanuel Christian Fellowship Ystrad Rhondda (£35k).