THE DUST PROJECT

Registered charity 1155728 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Dust Project exists to help children and young people in need. Through funding partner organisations in the construction of orphanages, schools and housing, and by providing education, the charity seeks to transform communities and dramatically improve children's lives.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£199k

Latest spending

£196k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £2,809 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total net assets of £26,995. The trustees confirm that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis and that free reserves, combined with annual reviews of financial controls, provide sufficient resources to meet the charity's objectives.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Note 9

“No payments were made to directors or any persons connected with them during this financial period, other than reimbursements. No material transaction took place between the organisation and a director or any person connected with them.” — page 17

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 08822786

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.

CHISNALL, Roy Stephen — director, appointed 20/12/2013on trustee list
CHISNALL, Sarah Christina — director, appointed 20/12/2013on trustee list
HIGGS, Fraser James — director, appointed 20/12/2013on trustee list
CHISNALL, Sarah Christina — secretary, appointed 20/12/2013

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

FRASER JAMES HIGGSchair
ROY CHISNALL
SARAH CHRISTINA CHISNALL
Tiffany Jean Stokely

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

Operates in: Sri Lanka

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£199k	£196k
31/12/2023	£121k	£150k
31/12/2022	£86k	£143k
31/12/2021	£100k	£94k
31/12/2020	£111k	£97k

Common questions

Is THE DUST PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £2,809 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total net assets of £26,995. The trustees confirm that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis and that free reserves, combined with annual reviews of financial controls, provide sufficient resources to meet the charity's objectives. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE DUST PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE DUST PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE HISCOX FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	FY2025	£3k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	FY2024	£1k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE WILLIAM WATES MEMORIAL TRUST	1	£60k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	1	£52k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	1	£35k
THE DASHLIGHT FOUNDATION	1	£35k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUST	1	£35k
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION	1	£26k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY	1	£24k
THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUST	1	£24k

Charities like this

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

THE DUSTY YAK FOUNDATION income £122k
THE FRIENDSHIP PROJECT income £108k
PURPOSE OF LIFE income £2.6m
NAKURU CHILDREN'S PROJECT income £219k
THE EXODUS PROJECT income £305k
NOOR TRUST income £490k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE DUST PROJECT	£199k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DUSTY YAK FOUNDATION FY2025	£122k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDSHIP PROJECT FY2025	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PURPOSE OF LIFE FY2025	£2.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NAKURU CHILDREN'S PROJECT FY2025	£219k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE EXODUS PROJECT FY2025	£305k	—	below	—	no doubt

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