Project Possible

Registered charity 1069608 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROPE, ROPE CHARITABLE TRUST, ROPE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED

Latest income
£627k
Latest spending
£650k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £22,717 for the year, primarily due to grant payments exceeding income, though this was offset by legacies and investment gains. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,761,840, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of £400,000, indicating strong financial resilience despite the operational loss.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately £400,000 (held: £1.8m)
The target level of reserves is between six and nine months of grant expenditure for projects funded from unrestricted giving, which equates to approximately £400,000.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Summers Morgan.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£627k
Total spending
£650k
Cost of raising funds
£125k
Reserves (reported)
£1.8m
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~32.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Bolivia · Buckinghamshire · Cameroon · Chad · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ecuador · India · Kenya · Malawi · Nepal · Nigeria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£627k£650k
31/03/2024£400k£642k
31/03/2023£519k£723k
31/03/2022£469k£861k
31/03/2021£706k£1.3m

Common questions

Is Project Possible financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £22,717 for the year, primarily due to grant payments exceeding income, though this was offset by legacies and investment gains. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,761,840, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of £400,000, indicating strong financial resilience despite the operational loss. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Summers Morgan.

Who funds Project Possible?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Project Possible as a grant recipient include THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST, THE S M B TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HUGHENDEN.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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