The Pontesbury Project for People with Special Needs

Analysis

The Pontesbury Project for People with Special Needs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06428225). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Pontesbury Project for People with Special Needs reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.5m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.9m to £2.6m (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Pontesbury Project for People with Special Needs sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Working Well Trust (£2.6m), St Anthony's Trust Limited (£2.6m) and Bethany Care Trust (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 58 people.