POHWER

Charity number: 1061543
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

POhWER provides information, advice, statutory and non statutory advocacy services to people with disabilities or who are vulnerable or disadvantaged, supporting them to speak up and have a voice that is heard when important decisions are being made about them. Our statutory advocacy services include Community Advocacy, Mental Health and Mental Capacity advocacy and NHS/Health Complaints advocacy.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 March 2024

Total income:
£16,086,520

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Donations and legacies £4.01k
Charitable activities £16.01m
Other trading activities £0
Investments £67.60k
Other £1.18k

Total expenditure:
£15,936,683

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Raising funds £499
Charitable activities £15.94m
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £12,389,671 from 105 government contract(s) and £414,629 from 3 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £499
Charitable expenditure £15.94m
Retained for future use £149.84k

People

443 Employee(s)

11 Trustee(s)

33 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 2
£70k to £80k 2

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 25 March 1997: Standard registration
  • 08 March 2020: Funds received from 1131403 OXFORDSHIRE ADVOCACY
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

11 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Antony Kildare Chair 28 January 2021
None on record
Ciprian Arhire Trustee 09 June 2025
None on record
Robert Templeton Trustee 11 July 2024
None on record
Rachael Gilthorpe Trustee 26 October 2022
WATFORD SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE BLIND
Received: On time
Corinne Mills Trustee 26 October 2022
CLIC SARGENT CANCER CARE FOR CHILDREN
Received: On time
Abdihaken Mohamed Trustee 26 October 2022
None on record
Paul Robinson Trustee 26 October 2022
None on record
Gemma Hope Trustee 26 October 2022
None on record
Alex Cisneros Trustee 26 October 2022
None on record
Andrew McGrath Trustee 20 April 2021
None on record
Ian Holland Trustee 20 April 2021
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/03/2020 30/03/2021 30/03/2022 30/03/2023 30/03/2024
Total gross income £13.50m £15.62m £15.93m £16.91m £16.09m
Total expenditure £13.21m £14.56m £14.32m £16.64m £15.94m
Income from government contracts £13.31m £14.95m £13.46m £16.27m £12.39m
Income from government grants £88.47k £562.83k £676.79k £566.95k £414.63k
Income - Donations and legacies £43.79k £35.66k £22.58k £35.18k £4.01k
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £13.42m £15.51m £15.89m £16.84m £16.01m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £4.82k £761 £2.10k £33.63k £67.60k
Income - Other £30.05k £79.81k £16.21k £5.94k £1.18k
Income - Legacies £0 £500 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £13.17m £14.55m £14.23m £16.64m £15.94m
Expenditure - Raising funds £35.00k £7.32k £84.82k £2.99k £499
Expenditure - Governance £56.53k £46.04k £51.81k £79.19k £73.55k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £8.95k £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 30/03/2020 30/03/2021 30/03/2022 30/03/2023 30/03/2024
Own use assets £139.30k £169.91k £237.91k £284.42k £427.06k
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £2.57m £4.02m £5.12m £5.26m £5.00m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £1.32m £1.73m £1.29m £1.20m £930.12k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 March 2024 20 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 March 2024 20 August 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 March 2023 20 November 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 March 2023 20 November 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 March 2022 09 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 March 2022 09 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 March 2021 15 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 March 2021 15 December 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 March 2020 23 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 March 2020 23 December 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/08/1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/09/2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/09/2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/10/2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04/11/2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/08/2011 AS AMENDED ON 03 AUG 2015 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 NOV 2018 as amended on 01 Dec 2019 as amended on 26 Oct 2022 as amended on 26 Oct 2022

Charitable objects

4. Objects 4.1 The Charity’s Objects are, for the public benefit in the United Kingdom: (a) To relieve people in need; (b) To promote social inclusion by preventing people from becoming socially excluded and relieving the needs of those who are social excluded; and (c) To promote human rights by raising awareness of human rights, in particular but without limitation by providing advocacy, information, advice and guidance. 4.2 In these Objects, “social excluded” means being excluded from society or parts of society because of one or more of the following factors: youth or old age, ill health (physical or mental), disability, requiring care, substance abuse or dependency; financial hardship, discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment, poor educational or skill attainment or relationship or family breakdown; and “human rights” is as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations.” Nothing in the Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NATIONAL

Contact information

Address:
Suite 4
Middlesex House
Meadway Corporate Centre
STEVENAGE
Hertfordshire
SG1 2EF
Phone:
03004562370
Email:
pohwer@pohwer.net
Website:

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