The Nehemiah Project

Analysis

The Nehemiah Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03255850). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Nehemiah Project reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £644k to £1.2m (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Nehemiah Project sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Guyll-Leng Charitable Trust (£1.2m), BW Foundation (£1.2m) and Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 51% and charitable activities 48%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.3%. Reserves of £291k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.