The Meserani Project
Analysis
The Meserani Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northallerton. It was registered in April 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.
In the financial year ending April 2025, The Meserani Project reported income of £47k and spending of £127k, spending 269% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £44k to £47k (+8.2%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 139% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Meserani Project sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kerith Trust (£47k), South Westminster Legal Advice Centre CIO (£47k) and Focus on Young People in Bassetlaw (£47k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
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In the charity's own words
The Meserani Project is a unique home-grown charity with a primary focus on providing secondary, further and higher education for young people in an area of Tanzania where such opportunities are not accessible to them due to poverty and family circumstances. We are a relatively small-scale project, but we currently support 142 young people through secondary, further and higher education.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Kerith Trust | Sutton Coldfield | £47k |
| South Westminster Legal Advice Centre CIO | London | £47k |
| Focus on Young People in Bassetlaw | Worksop | £47k |
| Christ Evangelical Church Leytonstone Trust | London | £47k |