THE OLIVE PROJECT

Registered charity 1199819 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing emotional support and advocacy to Black and Minoritized victims of Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, TO BE CARRIED OUT IN DEVON AND CORNWALL, ARE:1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AND PROTECT AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH AMONG WOMEN AND GIRLS FROM ETHNIC MINORITY BACKGROUNDS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING OR HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE. 2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE AND GENDER;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;(C) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;(D) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

Area of benefit: LOCALTHE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, TO BE CARRIED OUT IN DEVON AND CORNWALL, ARE:1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AND PROTECT AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH AMONG WOMEN AND GIRLS FROM ETHNIC MINORITY BACKGROUNDS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING OR HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE. 2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE AND GENDER;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;(C) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;(D) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £7,871 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total funds carried forward increasing to £47,690. The trustees report that the charity received donations and income totalling £204,602 against outgoing expenses of £196,731. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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 4 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Diane Lawrence
• JOANITA LWANGA WINFIELD
• Myranda Devonish

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OLIVE PATHWAY.

• OLIVE PATHWAY income £229k
• THE OLIVE BRANCH (FAITH IN ACTION) income £160k
• Oasis Project income £1.5m
• ANAH PROJECT LTD income £544k
• THE MAGGIE OLIVER FOUNDATION income £955k
• THE OLTON PROJECT CIO income £496k

Side by side with its peers

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