The Porta Pia 2012 Foundation

Analysis

The Porta Pia 2012 Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Porta Pia 2012 Foundation reported income of £60k and spending of £191k, spending 321% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £29k to £60k (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 378% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Porta Pia 2012 Foundation sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Destined to Reign Church (£60k), The Barnes Institute (£60k) and Jarvis Eleemosynary Charity (£60k).

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.