PROJECT COLT
Day Treatment Rehabilitation ProgrammePre & Post Detox Support and Through Care into WorkCounselling and Mentoring ServiceSelf-Esteem Course/s for Men/WomenAddiction Training for Volunteers and CounsellorsSeminars and Workshops
Objects
(A) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE SICK (PARTICULARLY THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY AS A RESULT OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION) AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN CALDERDALE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT(B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY (PARTICULARLY THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN REGARD TO DRUG-FREE HEALTHY LIVING) IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT
Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts
The charity reported a net deficit of £341 for the year ended 30 April 2026, resulting in a slight decrease in total funds from £196,001 to £195,660. Unrestricted reserves decreased from £57,859 to £52,512, while restricted reserves increased from £138,142 to £143,148. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2026
- Volunteers: 8
- Government income: £9,840 — grants £9,840 (1); 5% of the £200,929 total gross income on the same return
- Has a trading subsidiary
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2025
- Volunteers: 10
- Has a trading subsidiary
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024
- Volunteers: 4
- Grant-making is its main activity
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (22/09/2026)
Trustees
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/04/2026 | £201k | £201k |
| 30/04/2025 | £260k | £149k |
| 30/04/2024 | £161k | £119k |
| 30/04/2023 | £120k | £129k |
| 30/04/2022 | £95k | £109k |
Common questions
Is PROJECT COLT financially healthy?
Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a net deficit of £341 for the year ended 30 April 2026, resulting in a slight decrease in total funds from £196,001 to £195,660. Unrestricted reserves decreased from £57,859 to £52,512, while restricted reserves increased from £138,142 to £143,148. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds PROJECT COLT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PROJECT COLT as a grant recipient include THE ASDA FOUNDATION, THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE, THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE ASDA FOUNDATION | FY2025 | £20k | Local Community Spaces Fund |
| THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £10k | 33% of the salary and core costs for a charity delivering a programme of supported volunteering and training for people with addictions or the long-term unemplo |
| THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT | FY2023 | £5k | |
| THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT | FY2024 | £5k | Grant category header |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE | FY2022 | £5k | GVC Fund |
| THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £4k | |
| THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £3k | National |
| THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £3k | |
| THE SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITY | FY2024 | £3k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcode Lottery | 29/07/2024 | £25k | Unrestricted Funding |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 23/02/2024 | £20k | Ladies' Self-esteem |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 03/10/2023 | £10k | "Bridgefield Mill Heritage Week" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 08/07/2022 | £10k | Connect Lounge |
| UK government | 14/12/2020 | £553 | DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding |
| UK government | 02/12/2020 | £30k | DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding |
| UK government | 23/07/2020 | £27k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 06/02/2019 | £10k | Day Treatment Rehabilitation Project |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 11/11/2015 | £10k | Engage |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 02/07/2014 | £10k | "bProject" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 04/10/2012 | £8k | Healthy Eating for Healthy Living |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | — | £250 | SS |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | — | £210 | SS |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | — | £500 | SS |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | — | £418 | SS |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | — | £3k | LS |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | — | £150 | SS |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | — | £500 | SS |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | — | £250 | SS |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | — | £210 | SS |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | — | £418 | SS |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | — | £85 | SS |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | — | £85 | SS |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | — | £150 | SS |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | — | £3k | LS |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION | 1 | £1.3m |
| THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION | 1 | £682k |
| THE HEALTH FOUNDATION | 1 | £496k |
| THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £300k |
| JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION | 1 | £150k |
| THE DULVERTON TRUST | 1 | £145k |
| Tinsley Charitable Trust | 1 | £50k |
| THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £45k |
Charities like this
- THE NAZ PROJECT(LONDON)
- PERSONAL WHOLENESS TRUST
- FULL FACT
- ASTON AND COTE COMMUNITY TRUST
- COMMUNITY COUNSELLING
- THE NEVER ALONE PROJECT
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROJECT COLT | £201k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE NAZ PROJECT(LONDON) | £686k | £60,000 - £69,999 | 1 | above | — | no doubt |
| PERSONAL WHOLENESS TRUST | £29k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| FULL FACT | £3.1m | £110,000 - £119,999 | 9 | above | — | no doubt |
| ASTON AND COTE COMMUNITY TRUST | £28k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| COMMUNITY COUNSELLING | £48k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |