THE PURPLE ELEPHANT PROJECT

Registered charity 1186434 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£658k

Latest spending

£658k

Registered

2019

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2025)

Total income

£658k

Total spending

£658k

Cost of raising funds

£40k

Reserves (reported)

£64k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Alison Newmanchair
Alex Calcutt
Annabelle Meddings
Dianne Crowther
Dipika Aggarwal
Kathryn Walker
Olusiji Sanya
Peter Mills

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/11/2025	£658k	£658k
30/11/2024	£625k	£614k
30/11/2023	£518k	£498k
30/11/2022	£409k	£402k
30/11/2021	£317k	£318k

Common questions

Who funds THE PURPLE ELEPHANT PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PURPLE ELEPHANT PROJECT as a grant recipient include HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENT, Richmond Foundation, THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENT	FY2025	£42k
Richmond Foundation	FY2025	£19k
Richmond Foundation	FY2024	£14k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	FY2023	£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
London Borough of Hounslow	12/07/2022	£11k	Grant to The Purple Elephant Project
Postcode Lottery	26/02/2022	£19k	Key staff salaries
London Borough of Hounslow	22/06/2020	£10k	Grant to The Purple Elephant Project