Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 13
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

PROJECT SEVENTEEN 

Project 17 works to end destitution among migrant children. We work with families experiencing exceptional poverty to improve their access to local authority support. We provide advice, advocacy and support for individuals. We build capacity in other organisations and we campaign for the improved implementation of statutory support.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 11 years

www.project17.org.uk

info@project17.org.uk

07963509044

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£351£369£-18n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£341£342£-2n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/21£409£249£160n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£246£193£52n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/19£231£213£18n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/18£180£174£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£188£120£68£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£83£48£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£39£25£14£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/14£15£8£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£322,000
Trust for London£292,101
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£150,000
AB Charitable Trust£87,500
Tudor Trust£85,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
National Lottery Community Fund£42,835
Masonic Trust£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 26/06/2023
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Working together for change
£12,000 18/01/2023
Project 17 works to reduce destitution among families with no access to mainstream welfare because of their immigration status. This project will expand and develop Project 17’s policy and ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Project 17
£27,500 22/12/2022
An unrestricted grant of £27,500 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years)This grant includes a 10% cost of living uplift. Project 17 works across the UK to address destitution among ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Project Seventeen
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Trust for London - Project Seventeen
£12,601 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-01.06.2021-9122
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Project Seventeen
£75,000 30/06/2022
To reduce homelessness and severe poverty among families with no recourse to public funds by providing advice and advocacy on housing and support options.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Project Seventeen
£50,000 10/06/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Project Seventeen
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Project 17
£25,000 20/01/2022
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 per year for 3 years (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Project 17 works across the UK to address destitution among migrant families across with no ....more
Trust for London - Project Seventeen
£185,500 06/10/2021
36
This is funding is for specialist advice and advocacy for families facing destitution with NRPF. Southwark Law Centre will provide immigration casework, working towards longterm stability. Project 17 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - [WAVE 5 LCRF] Advice & Advocacy
£42,835 18/03/2021
11
The project is using funding to maintain the expansion of their advice service to support those who cannot access statutory support due to their immigration status. The project will work with ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Project 17
£20,000 21/01/2021
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Project 17 works to address destitution among migrant families across London with no access to mainstream benefits due to their immigration status. In particular, ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Project Seventeen
£2,000 07/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Working together for change
£240,000 23/11/2020
Project 17 works to reduce destitution among families with no access to mainstream welfare because of their immigration status. This project will expand and develop Project 17’s policy and ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£50,000 28/05/2020
12
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 09/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Project Seventeen
£83,000 02/12/2019
24
over two years as continuation funding towards advice work salaries, for a charity supporting destitute migrant families in London using section 17 of the Children's Act to secure housing and support
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Project Seventeen
£75,000 04/07/2019
36
Reducing homelessness and severe poverty among migrant families excluded from mainstream services through the provision of specialist advice and advocacy.
Trust for London - Project Seventeen
£94,000 05/06/2019
24
The funding is for a joint project with Southwark Law Centre (SLC), tackling poverty among families with no recourse to public funds covered by Section 17 but who also need immigration legal advice.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Project 17
£15,000 25/04/2019
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Project 17 seeks to end poverty amongst migrant children, working to ensure that local authorities comply with Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 to provide ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Project 17
£60,000 16/03/2019
24
Policy project
Trust for London - Project Seventeen
£52,128 20/02/2019
12
The funding is to second a member of staff to the Greater London Authority’s social integration team. The secondee will work on the Citizenship and Integration Initiative, specifically on the ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Scaling impact and building the policy and campaigning role of Project 17
£39,000 14/05/2018
8
Project 17 works to end destitution among children with unsettled immigration status. This grant will support the organisation to explore scaling its advice and advocacy model and to increase the ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Project Seventeen (AKA Project 17)
£10,000 23/01/2018
£10,000 towards core costs. Project 17 seeks to end poverty amongst migrant children, working to ensure that local authorities comply with Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 to provide ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Project Seventeen
£60,000 20/11/2017
24
over two years as continuation funding towards salaries at a charity working to end destitution among migrant children in London
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Project 17
£58,794 18/03/2017
24
Policy work
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Project Seventeen
£72,287 21/07/2016
36
Project 17 supports homeless and destitute migrant and refugee families without recourse to public funds to access Section 17 support including accommodation and financial support from local ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Fighting destitution together
£60,000 11/07/2016
18
Project 17 in partnership with Southwark Law Centre are seeking to test an integrated model of crisis intervention. Project 17 and Southwark Law Centre will work together to offer a combined service ....more
AB Charitable Trust - Reducing destitution among migrant families
£5,000 30/06/2016
£5,000 towards core costs
Tudor Trust - Grant to Project Seventeen
£40,000 15/10/2015
24
over two years towards core costs at a charity working to end destitution among migrant children in London
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/06/2013, number: 1152621
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

PROJECT 17
St. Joseph's Hospice
Mare Street
LONDON
E8 4SA

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST MIGRANTS WITH NO RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS LIVING IN THE UK BY PROVISION OF FREE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO SUCH PERSONS. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE NEEDS OF MIGRANTS WITH NO RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND ADVICE TO OTHER RELEVANT AGENCIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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