Project Giving Back

Analysis

Project Giving Back is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Project Giving Back reported income of £5.3m and spending of £4.6m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from May 2023 to May 2025, income fell from £8.2m to £5.3m (-36%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Project Giving Back sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Concern in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (£4.7m), Goodstack Impact Foundation UK (£5.3m) and The Salvation Army Officers' Pension Fund (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.4m. Reserves of £2.2m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.