# PORCH BOXES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1089998
- **Other names:** THE PORCH
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Jan. 9, 2002
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1089998


## Contact

- **Address:** 14 KENMOR AVENUE, BURY
- **Postcode:** BL8 2DY
- **Phone:** 01617643444
- **Email:** michaeltperrin@tiscali.co.uk
- **Website:** www.porchboxes.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS PRIMARILY AMONGST PEOPLES LIVING IN THE BURY AND ROCHDALE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FOOD, TOILETRIES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL GOODS

**Activities:** Porch Boxes uses gifts from community groups and purchased materials to provide packs of food and basic necessities to vulnerable people in crisis need via their caring referral agencies.

**Area of benefit:** BURY AND ROCHDALE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Bury
- Rochdale



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | £41775 | £50744 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £28090 | £41962 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £30605 | £36581 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £50760 | £21236 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £42892 | £11004 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JULIA ELIZABETH ROWLANDS** (Chair)
- ALAN WOOD — appointed March 14, 2016
- ANDREW FREDERICK CLARK — appointed March 24, 2020
- David Archer — appointed April 20, 2015
- EILEEN SMITH — appointed March 14, 2016
- Iain Hodcroft — appointed March 24, 2012
- LAUREL AVERY — appointed March 14, 2016
- MICHAEL THOMAS PERRIN