MIDDLEPORT MATTERS COMMUNITY TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 22 November 2024
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 11133573
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £532,747
Latest expenditure: £605,909
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: MIDDLEPORT MATTERS COMMUNITY TRUST, 93-97 HARPER STREET, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 3QU

Website recorded by the regulator: www.middleportmatters.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Our mission is to empower individual potential, by bringing people together and improving the built and natural environment. We do this through community engagement, social and creative activities, volunteering opportunities and physical regeneration of Middleport, Longport and Dalehall. Everything we do is community-led to restore the area as a safe, welcoming and thriving neighbourhood.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 9 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 9 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £532,747
Total Gross Expenditure: £605,909

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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 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 9 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £532,747
Total Gross Expenditure: £605,909
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Grants: £361,690
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: 49

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 9 October 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 0
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 40378
Income Total Income And Endowments: 40378
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £574,628
Expenditure Other: 31281
Expenditure Total: 605909
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 1596
Expenditure Support Costs: 1596
Expenditure Depreciation: 4279
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £62,112
Assets Total Fixed: 8679
Assets Own Use: 8679
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £69,207
Assets Total Liabilities: £5,392
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £72,494
Creditors One Year Total Current: 5392
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £68,707
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 62112
Funds Restricted: 10382
Funds Total: 72494
Count Employees: 6
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Stoke-on-trent City
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: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

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

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

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

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: MIDDLEPORT MATTERS COMMUNITY TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2024-11-22T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04 JAN 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19 NOV 2024
Charitable Objects: 1.TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF MIDDLEPORT (INCLUDING LONGPORT AND DALEHALL) BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY. 2.TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF MIDDLEPORT (INCLUDING LONGPORT AND DALEHALL) IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY. 3.TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF MIDDLEPORT (INCLUDING LONGPORT AND DALEHALL) AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. 4.THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (IN PARTICULAR IN MIDDLEPORT, LONGPORT AND DALEHALL) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF AMENITIES USED BY THE PUBLIC;(B) THE PROTECTION, CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURALENVIRONMENT;(C) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME;(D) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 685932
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: MIDDLEPORT MATTERS

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries