Clapham Park Project

Analysis

Clapham Park Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04237777). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Clapham Park Project reported income of £203k and spending of £452k, spending 223% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £234k to £203k (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 197% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Clapham Park Project sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Malawi Community Hubs (£203k), The Newbury Bible - Pattern Church (£203k) and Omid Foundation (£203k).

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.