RAHAB PROJECT

Registered charity 1132250 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pastoral care and practical support to women affected by prostitution and human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Founded in 2009 under the leadership of Sisters Adoratrices, the charity is a continued expression of the Sisters' unique charism & apostolic mission, which is over 150 years old with currently 153 social projects in 23 countries supporting over 11,000 women annually.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE: (A) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE AT RISK OF, INVOLVED IN OR AFFECTED BY SEXUAL EXPLOITATION; (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTSAND RELATED ISSUES:- (I) SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE; (II) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION; AND THEIR IMPACT IN SOCIETY; (C) THE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVE CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED BY THE LAW FROM TIME TO TIME AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE. (B) THE VALUES AND BELIEFS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH; AND (C) THE CHARITY'S MISSION STATEMENT AS FROM TIME TO TIME ADOPTED BY THE TRUSTEES.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£180k
Latest spending
£142k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £38,269 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £213,767. Per the trustees' report, these reserves are currently above the stated policy target of retaining between £70,000 and £100,000. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between six and nine months running costs which amounts to between £70,000 to £100,000 (held: £214k)
“The trustees have assessed the charity’s requirements and consider that between six and nine months running costs which amounts to between £70,000 to £100,000 should be retained in reserves.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £152,296 — grants £152,296 (3); 85% of the £180,067 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 25

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£180k£142k
31/03/2024£146k£101k
31/03/2023£84k£127k
31/03/2022£117k£108k
31/03/2021£239k£198k

Common questions

Is RAHAB PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £38,269 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £213,767. Per the trustees' report, these reserves are currently above the stated policy target of retaining between £70,000 and £100,000. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence with no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RAHAB PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RAHAB PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE GROCERS' CHARITY, LONDON CATALYST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2023£5kYouth
LONDON CATALYSTFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/08/2025£20kOutreach support for women who have been trafficked for sexual exploitation
City Bridge Foundation08/10/2024£109kGrant to Rahab Project Limited
City Bridge Foundation02/08/2022£104kGrant to Rahab Project Limited
The National Lottery Community Fund19/11/2021£10kWellbeing@Rahab
UK government14/12/2020£790DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
UK government03/12/2020£23kDCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2016£664kWGI Stage 2
The National Lottery Community Fund12/11/2015£4kWGI Stage 2

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SMALLWOOD TRUST2£28k
ROSA FUND2£14k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RAHMAH FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RAHAB PROJECT£180k—0above—no doubt
RAHMAH FOUNDATION FY2026£216k—0above—no doubt
SIKH WOMEN'S AID FY2025£261k—0below—no doubt
GLOBAL RAHMAH FOUNDATION FY2025£4.1m—1below—no doubt
REBECCA JARRETT FOUNDATION FY2024£21k—0unclear—no doubt
SAHARA PROJECT (PRESTON) LIMITED FY2025£437k—0above—no doubt

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