PROJECT SEVENTEEN

Registered charity 1152621 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PROJECT 17

Project 17 works to end destitution among migrant children. We work with families experiencing exceptional poverty to improve their access to local authority support. We provide advice, advocacy and support for individuals. We build capacity in other organisations and we campaign for the improved implementation of statutory support.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST MIGRANTS WITH NO RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS LIVING IN THE UK BY PROVISION OF FREE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO SUCH PERSONS. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE NEEDS OF MIGRANTS WITH NO RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND ADVICE TO OTHER RELEVANT AGENCIES.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £516,826, resulting in a small net income of £4,301. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £253,889, which the trustees confirm is consistent with their policy of maintaining three to six months of expenditure. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, confirming the accounts accord with the accounting records.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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)

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (74% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GWAWR THOMASchair
• CLARE REBECCA JENNINGS
• Claire Kaleab McGuinness
• Jessie Porter
• Mary Awoniyi
• Olaitain Abiola
• Stephanie Kleynhans
• Timothy James Bull

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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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 WINCHESTER PROJECT.

• THE WINCHESTER PROJECT income £1.2m
• PARTICIPATE PROJECTS income £627k
• PLATFORM7TEEN income £28k
• THE 180 PROJECT income £382k
• STREET CHILD income £22.3m
• PROJECT 16:15 income £41k

Side by side with its peers

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