Project Spark
Analysis
Project Spark is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.
In the financial year ending June 2025, Project Spark reported income of £20k and spending of £97k, spending 479% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £7,869 to £20k (+157%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 402% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Project Spark sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mofizuddin Mazeda Medical Centre (£20k), Children of Uganda (UK) Limited (£20k) and Elizabeth Jolly Charitable Trust (£20k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The retiring director Sally Trench, has at the Trustees request, been researching possible projects in the UK and South Africa which support imaginative new initiatives of direct benefit to groups of children recovering from specific crises in their lives, with special emphasis on self-help schemes that the Trustees may wish to support when the sale proceeds of the property have been received.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Mofizuddin Mazeda Medical Centre | Loughton | £20k |
| Children of Uganda (UK) Limited | Poole | £20k |
| Elizabeth Jolly Charitable Trust | Liverpool | £20k |
| The Parachute Regimental Association London Branch | London | £20k |