# POVERTY TRUTH NETWORK

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1184879
- **Other names:** PTN
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Aug. 13, 2019
- **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=1184879


## Contact

- **Address:** 10 Carter Terrace, Leeds
- **Postcode:** LS15 7AH
- **Phone:** 07783934581
- **Email:** andrew@povertytruthnetwork.org
- **Website:** www.povertytruthnetwork.org



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** 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.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £254175 | £308222 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £313054 | £261031 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £309803 | £165986 | — | — |
| March 30, 2022 | £96032 | £88650 | — | — |
| March 30, 2021 | £81277 | £68888 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Claire Brown** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 30, 2021
- Barbara Dean — appointed Nov. 9, 2023
- Carrie-Anne Birch — appointed Dec. 3, 2025
- JOANNA MARY YOUNG — appointed Nov. 8, 2023
- Kidist Teklemariam — appointed Oct. 6, 2023
- Martin James Claude McKervey — appointed Dec. 3, 2025
- Michelle Burckett St Laurent — appointed Nov. 8, 2023