THE MARKFIELD PROJECT LIMITED

Registered charity 289904 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARKFIELD

Markfield is a community centre based in the London Borough of Haringey, which promotes rights, independence, choice and inclusion for Disabled people and their families.

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Latest income
£588k
Latest spending
£626k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £38,582 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £184,937. The trustees consider the reserves adequate to cover contractual commitments and operational costs, noting that unrestricted funds of £137,247 exceed their policy target of three months' expenditure (£139,500).

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Payment to CEO's daughter
“During the year, £372 was paid to the daughter of the Chief Executive Officer for Session Work as an employee (2024 - £nil). Transactions with Trustees are disclosed in note 11.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

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

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

Total income
£588k
Total spending
£626k
Cost of raising funds
£22k
Reserves (reported)
£185k
Employees
30

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 3.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£588k£626k
31/03/2024£557k£663k
31/03/2023£638k£615k
31/03/2022£596k£644k
31/03/2021£671k£579k

Common questions

Is THE MARKFIELD PROJECT LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £38,582 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £184,937. The trustees consider the reserves adequate to cover contractual commitments and operational costs, noting that unrestricted funds of £137,247 exceed their policy target of three months' expenditure (£139,500). Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE MARKFIELD PROJECT LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MARKFIELD PROJECT LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST, CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION, THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£167k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£119k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£91k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£30k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2025£26kChurch & Communities Programme
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2024£23kChurch & Communities Programme
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2022£21kChurch & Communities Programme
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2023£21kChurch & Communities Programme
THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2025£19k2024/25 towards the cost of providing additional subsidised places on Markfield after school groups for children with additional needs and for siblings of disab
THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2024£19ktowards the cost of providing additional subsidised places on Markfield after school groups for children with additional needs and for siblings of disabled chil
THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2023£18ktowards the cost of providing additional subsidised places on Markfield after school groups
THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFY2022£17kfor a continuation of support for the “G-Club” and other 5-19s after school clubs
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
LONDON CATALYSTFY2022£2kFor the Disability Benefits Advice and support service.
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/07/2025£19kHolistic Family Support
The Mercers' Company26/06/2024£73kGrant to Markfield Project
City Bridge Foundation31/07/2023£137kGrant to Markfield Project
The Mercers' Company01/07/2021£65kGrant to Markfield Project
UK government21/08/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government28/02/2020£2kUK Youth Fund YAF
The National Lottery Community Fund30/08/2018£268kLinking and empowering families of disabled children
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2015£319kStronger Community Unity
City Bridge Foundation18/04/2013£99kGrant to Markfield Project
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2012£298kCommunity Unity
The National Lottery Community Fund17/11/2011£10kStepping Stones - Parents for Play and Language
The National Lottery Community Fund10/06/2010£2kParents Group Plus
The National Lottery Community Fund17/02/2009£8kMPower
The National Lottery Community Fund09/11/2006£30kMPower Garden Development Project
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2006£5kPlanning Our Own Futures
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2006£5kWeek long activities

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MAYFIELD FELLOWSHIP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MARKFIELD PROJECT LIMITED£588k—0unclear—no doubt
MAYFIELD FELLOWSHIP FY2025£2.5m——unclear—no doubt
MOMARK CIO FY2025£171k—0unclear—no doubt
MAYFIELD SCHOOL LTD FY2025£15.4m£120,001 - £130,000—unclear—no doubt
BARFORD YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£596k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHFIELD COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP - A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.4m——unclear—no doubt

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