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POhWER

SC048858Registered charity from 21 November 2018
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address POhWER
Suite 4, Middlesex House
Meadway Corporate Centre
Rutherford Close
Stevenage
Postcode SG1 2EF
Website www.pohwer.net
Regulatory Type Cross-Border
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
4. Objects To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded in particular but not exclusively by: 4.1 Providing information, advice, support, empowerment and advocacy and managing advocacy and user-involvement projects which help people to speak up and to be heard as well as secure their rights and entitlements; 4.2 Supporting the development of empowerment, advocacy and service user-involvement projects which help people; 4.3 Supporting and providing information, advice, support, empowerment and advocacy and user-involvement projects; 4.4 Promoting information, advice, support, empowerment and advocacy and good practice in information, advice, support, advocacy and user-involvement 4.5 Promoting equal opportunities for people; 4.6 Educating and training people and organisations about empowerment, advocacy and user- involvement; 4. 7 Providing information, advice, support, empowerment and advocacy to people and those responsible for providing services to them.
Operations:
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 21 Nov 2018
Main Operating Location: Outwith Scotland
Number of Staff: 425
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "Older People", "People with disabilities or health problems", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022 £15,934,026 £14,315,376 13 Sept 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £16,911,291 £16,643,342 21 Nov 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £16,086,520 £15,936,683 09 Sept 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £15,975,771 £15,854,635 23 Dec 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Charity Commission website
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Ciprian Arhire
Rachael Gilthorpe
Gemma Hope
Robert Templeton
Paul Robinson
From 09 March 2026, OSCR is required by law to publish the names of a charity’s trustees as part of its Scottish Charity Register entry. We are also required to publish each charity’s annual report and accounts as received from this date, which may include the names of certain individuals. The only exceptions to publication are where a charity or one of its charity trustees applies for this information to be excluded, and OSCR is satisfied that publishing it would jeopardise the safety or security of a person or premises.

If the charity trustee information on a Register entry appears blank, this may mean that an exemption applies or that the charity has not yet provided the required details to OSCR. Supplying this information will become mandatory as part of future annual submissions.
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From 30 June 2025, OSCR began collecting charity trustee information through OSCR Online. Providing this information is a legal requirement for all charities. The names of trustees will be published on the Scottish Charity Register from early 2026 to promote transparency and strengthen public trust in the sector.

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