Portman Hall Trust

Analysis

Portman Hall Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in May 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Portman Hall Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £25k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £17k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 144% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Portman Hall Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Multicultural Friendship Association (£17k), Southern Sinfonia (£17k) and Ipplepen Village Hall (£17k).

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.