DFN Project Search

Analysis

DFN Project Search is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11488209). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, DFN Project Search reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.7m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £2.5m (+127%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 204%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, DFN Project Search sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CVS Lincolnshire (£2.5m), Exeter City Community Trust (£2.5m) and Future Horizons Leeds Ltd (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 76%, charitable activities 17% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 9.3%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.