Portsmouth Area Regeneration Trust

Analysis

Portsmouth Area Regeneration Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in February 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03794640). It says it provides other finance and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Portsmouth Area Regeneration Trust reported income of £42k and spending of £63k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £16k to £42k (+163%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 261%. Over the whole period it spent 376% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Portsmouth Area Regeneration Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lsa Charitable Trust (£42k), Eva Reckitt Trust Fund (£42k) and The New Church Children's Society (£42k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.