THE MATTHEW PROJECT

Registered charity 1122801 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Matthew Project is a value driven charity working in innovative ways with adults. young people and communities affected by drugs. alcohol and other issues

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £80,750 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £513,348. The Trustees confirm that these reserves exceed their stated policy target of £469,700 and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Larking Gowen LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £415k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Lamont · trustee of 1 other charity
• Aravind Satheesh
• Dr Richard Cadman
• Dr Richard Gilbert
• Elizabeth Cahir · trustee of 1 other charity
• Fiona Jane Webb · trustee of 1 other charity
• Neil Lawrence · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Ian Fifield

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MATTHEW 25 MISSION.

• THE MATTHEW 25 MISSION income £255k
• MATTHEW GOOD FOUNDATION income £342k
• THE MATTHEW MINISTRY income £118k
• MATTHEW TRUST UK income £121k
• THE MATTHEW 25 35 TRUST income £107k
• MATW PROJECT income £67.6m

Side by side with its peers

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