Platform 1

Analysis

Platform 1 is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2024, Platform 1 reported income of £72k and spending of £86k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income fell from £139k to £72k (-48%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Platform 1 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 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Owen Smith Charitable Trust (£72k), Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade (£72k) and The Smiles and Memories (S.a.m) Fund (£72k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.