Portishead Church of England

Registered charity 1145151 · since 2011portisheadparish.co.uk·United Kingdom·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£20,080

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

Portishead Church of England's stated themes, including education, health and sanitation, poverty and debt support, special needs and overseas community aid, suit groups working in those areas, and its stated priority is the UK.
Its annual giving is £20,080 according to the annual report, a modest total, so a small, specific request is more realistic than a large one, though its grant range is not stated.
No application process is published in the annual report, its register entry or its website, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown to ask whether it welcomes approaches before sending a proposal.
Much of its reported giving goes to partnership organisations under long-term funding arrangements, so it may be relationship-led and a cold application may be less likely to succeed.

Overview

Portishead Church of England is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1145151).

Portishead Church of England is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, with the purpose of promoting the whole mission of the church in its ecclesiastical parish. It makes donations to partnership organisations under long-term funding arrangements, to overseas organisations providing aid to communities beyond the UK, to national charities supporting people with special needs throughout the UK, and to local organisations. Its reported partnerships support education, healthcare and sanitation, medical and poverty support, and free debt help.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Portishead Church of England makes donations to partnership organisations under long-term funding arrangements, as well as to overseas organisations providing aid to communities beyond the UK, national charities supporting individuals and groups with special needs throughout the UK, and local organisations. Its reported partnerships support education, healthcare and sanitation improvements, medical and poverty support, Anglican faith and worship, and work tackling the causes of poverty and providing free debt help. The church describes itself as serving the whole town of Portishead and as a diverse, inclusive community expressing its work through generosity, compassion, courage and joy.

Themes

Education, health, sanitation
Medical and poverty support
Christian worship
Poverty and debt support
Overseas community aid
Special needs support

Geographic Focus

Priority: The UK.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£274,576	£313,439	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£296,248	£300,859	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£328,969	£312,142	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£283,150	£281,769	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£314,407	£290,728	£20,080	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants paid out in the year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.