Project 21

Analysis

Project 21 is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Project 21 reported income of £489k and spending of £474k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £139k to £489k (+251%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Project 21 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 National Paralympic Heritage Trust (£488k), We Are Grow (£489k) and Portishead Youth & Community Centre Limited (£487k).