The Barking and Dagenham Progress Project

Analysis

The Barking and Dagenham Progress Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04574234). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Barking and Dagenham Progress Project reported income of £64k and spending of £101k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £99k to £64k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 Barking and Dagenham Progress Project sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Standards Authority for Touch in Cancer Care (£64k), The Melbourn Mobile Warden Scheme (£64k) and The Mary Slater Charity (£64k).