Project Possible

Analysis

Project Possible is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in High Wycombe. It was registered in May 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03524732). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Project Possible reported income of £627k and spending of £650k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £706k to £627k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Project Possible sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heichal Hatorah (£627k), Bermondsey Central Hall Methodist Church (£629k) and Saltmine Trust (£627k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89% and investments 11%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £268k. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 19%. Grants to other organisations totalled £246k. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 32 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.