Registered charity · Norwich
The Matthew Project
The Matthew Project is a registered charity (number 1122801) based in Norwich, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £2.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 8 trustees
- Income £2.1m (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Norfolk, Suffolk
- Website
- www.matthewproject.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Matthew Project
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.1m£2.2m
- 2024£2.0m£2.2m
- 2023£2.6m£2.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.2m£2.2m
- 2021£2.1m£2.0m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 62%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE "OBJECTS") ARE:- FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS IN THE EAST OF ENGLAND AND ELSEWHERE BY(A) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND (B) PROVIDING COUNSELLING, ADVICE, INFORMATION, SUPPORT SERVICES AND OTHER ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE IN NEED WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THEIR PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING.
Grants received
32 grants · £3,304,790 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £2,490,280 (7 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £205,300 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £200,000 (3 grants)
- Ministry of Defence · £136,372 (4 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £79,457 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Alison Lamont since 2018
- Aravind Satheesh since 2024
- Dr Richard Cadman since 2022
- Dr Richard Gilbert since 2022
- Elizabeth Cahir since 2023
- Fiona Jane Webb since 2026
- Neil Lawrence since 2020
- Rev Ian Fifield since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Lamont since 2018
- Neil Lawrence since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Aravind Satheesh since 2024
- Dr Richard Cadman since 2022
- Dr Richard Gilbert since 2022
- Rev Ian Fifield since 2024
Portfolio (4)
- Alison Lamont since 2018
- Elizabeth Cahir since 2023
- Fiona Jane Webb since 2026
- Neil Lawrence since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1122801
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 OCTOBER 2007.
- Companies House
- Company number 06388343 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01603626123 · admin@matthewproject.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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