The Portal Trust Impact Report 2025

The Portal Trust is an independent London education charity distributing grants to expand educational access across inner London. Since 2018 it has awarded around £34m in direct and indirect grants reaching 200,000+ young people across 13 boroughs. Major grants include £4m to London College of Fashion (including the Making for Change prison programme), and bursaries/scholarships to individual students. The charity funds education across five priority areas: bursaries, partner schools, new initiatives, prisoner education and widening participation.

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📋About

Education grants and bursaries, school partnership support, prisoner education programmes (Making for Change), new educational initiatives funding, rent-free educational space Custom geography from upload: Inner London, UK (13 boroughs + City of London)

📊Key Metrics

Over 200,000 young people and children reached by grant giving since 2018 Key Metric 1
150+ organisations awarded grants Key Metric 2
£34m in total direct and indirect grants awarded across six years Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • Young people and organisations funded
  • Educational access expanded
  • Prisoner education impact

📍Geography

London

2025 Enhanced

Annual Review 2024-25

55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK
Key Metric 1
45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK
Key Metric 2
95 Fostering Wellbeing Pioneers in Wales offering peer support and mentoring to fellow foster carers
Key Metric 3
191 children and young people engaged in outdoor adventure weeks through the Fostering Attainment and Achievement programme in Northern Ireland
2025

Annual Impact Report 2024–2025

CAD $366.1m total revenue in FY2024–25 (year ended 31 March 2025)
Key Metric 1
500+ locations across the Greater Toronto Area serving children, youth, families, immigrants and job seekers
Key Metric 2
Largest not-for-profit child care provider in Canada; child care fees capped at CAD $22/day under Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care system from January 2025
Key Metric 3
Received largest multi-year gift in charity's history — CAD $10m over five years from The Barrett Family Foundation to fund youth programmes including Black Achievers, newcomer youth groups and financial literacy