Sol Plaatje Educational Project

Analysis

Sol Plaatje Educational Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01692497). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sol Plaatje Educational Project reported income of £33k and spending of £243k, spending 740% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £60k to £33k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 362% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Sol Plaatje Educational Project sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Campsbourne School Hsa (£33k), Fairfield Parent Teacher Association (£33k) and R B R B Association (£33k).

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.