The Portrack Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Portrack Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in [email protected]. It was registered in September 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Portrack Charitable Trust reported income of £576k and spending of £546k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £436k to £576k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Portrack Charitable Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities (£576k), The Disability Resource Centre (£576k) and Sensory Trust (£576k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 97%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £532k.