Oswin Projects

Analysis

Oswin Projects is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Morpeth. It was registered in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08021909). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Oswin Projects reported income of £885k and spending of £903k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £174k to £885k (+407%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Oswin Projects sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include John Storer Charnwood (£881k), Youth Careers Collective (£887k) and Narthex Sparkhill (£872k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 52% and donations and legacies 48%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £98k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.