POVERTY TRUTH NETWORK — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 13 August 2019
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £254,175
Latest expenditure: £308,222
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 10 Carter Terrace, Leeds, LS15 7AH

Website recorded by the regulator: www.povertytruthnetwork.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Poverty Truth Network supports local groups to establish new Poverty Truth Commissions across the UK; nurtures the work of local commissions; provides a strategic national response to factors that contribute to poverty that consistently emerge from the local commissions; and engages with a wider movement of organisations and programmes that seek to alleviate poverty in all its forms.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 19 September 2025
Date Accounts Received: 19 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £254,175
Total Gross Expenditure: £308,222

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 30 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 30 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £313,054
Total Gross Expenditure: £261,031

Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 1 November 2023
Date Accounts Received: 1 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £309,803
Total Gross Expenditure: £165,986

Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 12 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 12 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £96,032
Total Gross Expenditure: £88,650

Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 9 September 2021
Date Accounts Received: 9 September 2021
Total Gross Income: £81,277
Total Gross Expenditure: £68,888

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 19 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £254,175
Total Gross Expenditure: £308,222
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 30 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £313,054
Total Gross Expenditure: £261,031
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 40

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 1 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £309,803
Total Gross Expenditure: £165,986
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 12 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £96,032
Total Gross Expenditure: £88,650
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 9 September 2021
Total Gross Income: £81,277
Total Gross Expenditure: £68,888
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: Yes
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 18

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: POVERTY TRUTH NETWORK
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2019-08-13T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 13 Aug 2019 as amended on 05 Oct 2022
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, BY BUT NOT LIMITED TO, UNDERSTANDING THE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO POVERTY AND THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAYS TO MITIGATE THESE, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC REGARDING THESE FACTORS AND DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING PROGRAMS THAT ENABLE OTHERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH A LIVED EXPERIENCE OF POVERTY, TO TAKE ACTION TO MITIGATE THESE FACTORS.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 616802
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: PTN

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures