Watford Recycling Arts Project (Wrap)

Analysis

Watford Recycling Arts Project (Wrap) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Watford. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Watford Recycling Arts Project (Wrap) reported income of £28k and spending of £27k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £8,531 to £28k (+225%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 226%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Watford Recycling Arts Project (Wrap) sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lauriston Trust (£28k), The Llandudno Youth Music Theatre (£28k) and The Holst Foundation (£28k).