Robes Project

Analysis

Robes Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2017, 9 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 services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Robes Project reported income of £227k and spending of £295k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £318k to £227k (-29%), an average of -8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Robes Project sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Westbury-On-Trym Baptist Church (£227k), The Schreib Trust (£227k) and God's House International Centre (£226k).

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.