Project Pencil Case

Analysis

Project Pencil Case is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Select.... It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Project Pencil Case reported income of £10k and spending of £10k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £13k to £10k (-21%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 458%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Project Pencil Case sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Khidma Community Trust (£10k), Age UK Leicestershire & Rutland(Measham) (£10k) and The Sustentation Fund (£10k).

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.