Project Shelter Wakadogo

Analysis

Project Shelter Wakadogo is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Project Shelter Wakadogo reported income of £30k and spending of £41k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £50k to £30k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 188%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Project Shelter Wakadogo sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cassel Hospital Charitable Trust (£30k), The Association of Parish Mission Sisters (£30k) and Grass Roots Rwanda (£30k).