The Portal Trust

Analysis

The Portal Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Portal Trust reported income of £8.2m and spending of £7.9m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7.9m to £8.2m (+3.6%), an average of +0.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Portal Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Peterborough School Limited (£8.2m), Duchy College Limited (£8.3m) and St John's College, Durham (£8.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 98%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 9.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £6.3m. Reserves of £6.8m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.