CANAAN PROJECT

Registered charity 1110403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides activities for girls.Canaan Project's mission is to provide high quality youth work for underrepresented young women in Tower Hamlets. We provide safe spaces within the community for girls to try new things, meet new people and access support. We offer trips to help raise young women's aspirations and broaden their horizons.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £103,025, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of three to nine months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income increase to £178,935 and held net current assets of £108,275, indicating a stable financial position with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05425527

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust — “29th May 1961 Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Armours and Braziers — “Armours and Braziers” (source page)
• Canary Wharf Group PLC — “Canary Wharf Group PLC” (source page)
• Charles S. French Charitable Trust — “Charles S. French Charitable Trust” (source page)
• East End Community Foundation — “East End Community Foundation” (source page)
• Ford Charitable Trust — “Ford Charitable Trust” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MAYLER, Jemma Nina — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list
• PILKINGTON, Hannah Mary — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list
• CHIROZVA, Tsitsi Tina Xavier — director, appointed 01/05/2023on trustee list
• GOSLING, Lauren Emily — director, appointed 05/10/2022on trustee list
• WORKMAN, Barbara Carol — director, appointed 31/07/2020on trustee list
• GENN, Hannah Louise — director, appointed 09/01/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hannah Gennchair
• Barbara Workman
• Hannah Pilkington
• Jemma Mayler
• Lauren Emily Gosling
• Tsitsi Tina Xavier Chirozva

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ICAN CHARITY.

• ICAN CHARITY income £13.7m
• COPENHAGEN YOUTH PROJECT income £384k
• THE NEHEMIAH PROJECT income £1.2m
• CANONS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £138k
• BLANK CANVAS income £119k
• CANTERBURY AND DISTRICT EARLY YEARS PROJECT income £180k

Side by side with its peers

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