The Porto Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Porto Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in April 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Porto Charitable Trust reported income of £70k and spending of £55k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £54k to £70k (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 1866%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Porto Charitable Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% 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 Allington Trust (£70k), Miss V R Jarvis Charitable Settlement (£70k) and The Vanneck Charitable Trust (£70k).