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Portchester & District Community Association CIO

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1154548HampshireDisability
Income£123k2025-12-31
Spending£135ksame year
Spent / received106%5-year average
Size in its cause69th pctDisability
Registered2013CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Portchester & District Community Association CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in November 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Portchester & District Community Association CIO reported income of £123k and spending of £135k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £202k to £123k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Portchester & District Community Association CIO sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Struggles 2 Smiles (£123k), Samsons Academy (£123k) and Weston Church Youth Project (£123k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£52k£105k£157k£209k2021 Income: £202,2492021 Spending: £207,14420212022 Income: £209,3952022 Spending: £200,14020222023 Income: £176,3322023 Spending: £184,41920232024 Income: £98,9862024 Spending: £131,04520242025 Income: £123,3672025 Spending: £134,7452025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Provides/enables community-run facilities, activities, services including (but not restricted to): second-hand bookshop, Woodsy's Food Pantry, Lunch Club, room hire, arts & crafts, older person's clubs, volunteering, services to children's centres/libraries; adult/community learning, Portchester Gala, community events, information centre, photocopying & printing, public computer & Wi-Fi access

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Struggles 2 SmilesCardiff£123k
Samsons AcademyBedford£123k
Weston Church Youth ProjectSouthampton£123k
Local Association for the Mentally and Physically Handicapped (Haverhill)Suffolk£123k