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Registered charity · London

Canaan Project

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £179k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport
Where
Tower Hamlets
Website
www.canaanproject.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Canaan Project
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£179k£147k
  • 2024£144k£141k
  • 2023£99k£105k
Earlier years
  • 2022£70k£85k
  • 2021£95k£74k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 22%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF TOWER HAMLETS AND SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS;(B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN LIFE SKILLS GENERALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER, RACE, RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL BELIEF IN TOWER HAMLETS AND SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Grants received

23 grants · £767,363 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

3.7y median 3.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Amateur Sport 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Education/training 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 6Property 2Education 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£179k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1110403
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 APRIL 2005.
Companies House
Company number 05425527 · Active
Contact on the register
07525986708 · lianjacobs@canaanproject.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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