Portswood Church

Registered charity 248769 · since 1966portswood.org·International, Southampton, United Kingdom·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

Portswood Church's giving centres on Christian mission, particularly missionary organisations and mission partners, and its grants go to organisations whose charitable objects complement its own work, so an organisation whose work sits close to that will fit its stated interests.
Its geographic priorities are the world, the UK and Southampton, and it describes partnering with charities across the city, so a Southampton group has a clear local link.
No application process is published and its annual report gives no usable grants figure or grant range, so a grant writer should not assume a typical request size and should start with a short, specific approach through the contact shown.
The church describes partnership as a way to strengthen its partners, so a relationship with the church may matter, and the first approach should explain how the organisation's work complements the church's.

Overview

Portswood Church is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 248769).

Portswood Church is a registered charity whose grants go to other organisations whose charitable objects complement its work. Its objects centre on holding and administering property for the congregation of Portswood Church, so the premises can be used for teaching and practice. Its best-described programme is worldwide mission, through which it supports mission partners throughout the world as well as within the UK.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Portswood Church makes grants to other organisations whose charitable objects complement its work. Its giving includes support for mission partners representing missionary organisations, throughout the world and within the UK. The church describes missionary work as a strong interest and says it supports people serving in Christian ministry financially, in prayer and in other practical ways. It also describes partnering with charities across the city, seeing partnership as a way to achieve more good and to encourage and strengthen its partners. Its grants support organisations connected with the church's charitable and Christian work, particularly missionary organisations.

Themes

Christian mission

Geographic Focus

Priority: The world; the UK; Southampton.

How to apply

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

Application success factors

What the charity says:

It makes grants to other organisations whose charitable objects complement its work.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom
International
Southampton

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£175,635	£239,188	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£220,733	£223,469	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£219,516	£227,197	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£188,872	£270,095	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£212,801	£266,722	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

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.