PROJECT PERU

Registered charity 1049413 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PROYECTO PERU

Running a childrens' home in Peru and wider work in the local community

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR AMONGST THE INHABITANTS OF PERU AND SPECIFICALLY TO ASSIST THE MOST NEEDY AND MOST MARGINALISED PEOPLE INCLUDING CHILDREN, SINGLE PARENTS, THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE DISPLACED AS A RESULT OF POVERTY.

Area of benefit: PERU

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£70k
Latest spending
£79k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts for the year were £70,447, resulting in a net decrease in funds of £8,063 compared to the previous year. The charity maintains unrestricted cash reserves of £266,087 and aims to hold at least two years' funding for its operations. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with accounting records and statutory requirements.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two years’ funding for the refuge and for our work in Peru (reserves figure: £266k)
“We aim to ensure that we have at least a reserve of two years’ funding for the refuge and for our work in Peru” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Project Peru (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Peru · Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£70k£79k
31/03/2024£108k£89k
31/03/2023£127k£128k
31/03/2022£108k£90k
31/03/2021£159k£66k

Common questions

Is PROJECT PERU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total receipts for the year were £70,447, resulting in a net decrease in funds of £8,063 compared to the previous year. The charity maintains unrestricted cash reserves of £266,087 and aims to hold at least two years' funding for its operations. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with accounting records and statutory requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PERU MISSION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PROJECT PERU£70k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PERU MISSION FY2025£60k—0unclear—no doubt
PERU PEOPLE FY2025£40k—0above—no doubt
EDUCATE PERU FY2025£30k—0unclear—no doubt
THE P A R CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£75k—0above—no doubt
YOUR KIDS AROUND THE WORLD FY2025£172k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.