Project Return

Analysis

Project Return is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in July 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Project Return reported income of £21k and spending of £18k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £26k to £21k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Project Return sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Burnley Acorn Fund (£21k), Haven - Help a Village Emerge New (£21k) and Running Well (£21k).