Project Seventeen

Analysis

Project Seventeen is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Project Seventeen reported income of £517k and spending of £513k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £341k to £517k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Project Seventeen sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Coldstream Guards Charity (£517k), Durham Freemasons Charity (£517k) and Islington People's Rights (£516k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74%, donations and legacies 25% and trading 1.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £254k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.