Canaan Project

Analysis

Canaan Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05425527). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Canaan Project reported income of £179k and spending of £147k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £95k to £179k (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Canaan Project sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bromley Arts Trust (£179k), Reveley Lodge Trust (£179k) and Knowledge Schools Foundation Trust (£179k).