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THE FORGIVENESS PROJECT

Registered charity 1103922 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Forgiveness Project uses the real stories of victims and perpetrators to explore concepts of forgiveness, reconciliation and conflict resolution and to encourage people to consider alternatives to resentment, retaliation and revenge.

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Latest income
£141k
Latest spending
£81k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £59,801 for the year, reversing a previous deficit. Reserves increased significantly to £85,290, which the trustees note is equivalent to 8.6 months of running costs, well above their three-month policy target. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with sufficient resources to operate for the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £85k)
“Reserves are ideally maintained at a level which ensures that The Forgiveness Project’s key activities can continue for at least three months during a period of unforeseen difficulty.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£141k£81k
31/03/2024£86k£140k
31/03/2023£126k£136k
31/03/2022£132k£144k
31/03/2021£177k£151k

Common questions

Is THE FORGIVENESS PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £59,801 for the year, reversing a previous deficit. Reserves increased significantly to £85,290, which the trustees note is equivalent to 8.6 months of running costs, well above their three-month policy target. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with sufficient resources to operate for the next 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE FORGIVENESS PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FORGIVENESS PROJECT as a grant recipient include MIDDLE WAY TRUST, THE BATCHWORTH TRUST, DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST, GUERRAND HERMES FOUNDATION FOR PEACE.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MIDDLE WAY TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2025£15k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£11k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£11k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£8kGrant programme
GUERRAND HERMES FOUNDATION FOR PEACEFY2023£5k
MIDDLE WAY TRUSTFY2025£5k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/08/2024£20kCore Funding for Administrative Assistant
Postcode Lottery03/04/2023£18kProject Funding
ARCADIA12/09/2022£250Towards core costs
The National Lottery Community Fund30/07/2014£10kRESTORE collaboration with Forward Assist
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2007£9k'The F Word: Images of Forgiveness' Exhibition