Partnerships Overseas Networking Trust
What it does
Community twinning with the purpose of reducing poverty and enriching the lives of the twinned communities.The link is between Rhondda Cynon Taff in South Wales and the Districts of Mbale, Baduda and Manafwa in Uganda.
Its charitable purposes
TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH (BOTH PHYSICAL SPIRITUAL AND SOCIAL) BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF UGANDA AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT PARTICULARLY BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY MEANS OF THE EXCHANGE OF PEOPLE, RESOURCES AND IDEAS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY OF THE COUNTRY OF RHONDDA CYNON TAF IN SOUTH EAST WALES AND THE COMMUNITY OF MBALE BUDUDA AND MANAFWA DISTRICTS OF EASTERN UGANDA.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Environment, conservation and heritage
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Who it helps
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Makes grants to organisations
- Provides other finance
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
Where it works
- In Wales
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Elsewhere
- Uganda
Area of benefit in its governing document: Country of Rhondda Cynon Taf in South East Wales Community of Mbale Bududa and Manafwa Districts of Eastern Uganda
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £2,932 and spent £2,932.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £2,932 | £2,932 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2025 | £4,232 | £4,232 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £4,236 | £4,236 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £4,347 | £4,347 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £15,481 | £15,481 | Not reported | 30 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 81%, from £15,481 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £2,932 in the year to 31 March 2026.
- Spending against income
- It spent 100% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent less than its income in each of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
8 trustees run the charity.
- Geoff LloydChair
- Cllr Jayne Brencher
- Dr Gaynor Louise Penrose
- HOWARD ADRIAN SMITH CEng MIET
- John Maurice Comissiong
- Julian Martyn Newton
- Marga Linda Quince
- Richard Griffiths
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | 31 January 2027 | Received 6 October 2026, 117 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 26 January 2026, 5 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 31 January 2025 | Not required |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 31 January 2024 | Not required |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 29 January 2023, 2 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1125948
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 18 September 2008
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED MADE 2 JULY 2008
- Website
- www.pont-mbale.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.