The Exodus Project

Analysis

The Exodus Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnsley. It was registered in March 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05936412). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Exodus Project reported income of £305k and spending of £387k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £250k to £305k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Exodus Project sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include S Pinter Youth Project (£305k), Blandford Forum Charities (£305k) and Riverside Christian Centre (£305k).