THE SNOWDROP PROJECT

Registered charity 1158856 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SNOWDROP

Snowdrop Project exists to empower survivors of human trafficking to live lives that are no longer defined by their past and we work to reduce the risk of those vulnerable to this crime.We provide support to survivors through 1:1 caseworking, befriending and community activities to empower survivors to live independently.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEM BEING, HAVING BEEN, OR BEING AT RISK OF BECOMING, VICTIMS OF SLAVERY OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE INCLUDING CASEWORKING, COUNSELLING, ADVOCACY AND ASSOCIATED SUPPORT SERVICES.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small financial surplus of £15,933 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing previous deficits. However, the trustees note that free reserves remain below the stated policy target, with current cover at 3.6 months against a minimum target of four months. The budget for the following year is set to generate a surplus to return reserves to the required level.

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 6 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
• Social media 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.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £630k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (64% 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: 17.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Samantha Dixonchair
• Aliya Zahin
• Darren Wake
• Janet Harwood
• Jon Kenworthy
• Paula Barber

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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 Snowdrop Foundation.

• The Snowdrop Foundation income £155k
• THE HARBOUR PROJECT FOR SWINDON REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS income £392k
• THE SUSSEX SNOWDROP TRUST income £509k
• SNOWDON TRUST income £871k
• STOP THE TRAFFIK income £1.2m
• HARBOUR BIDEFORD income £45k

Side by side with its peers

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