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Registered charity (CIO) · Twickenham

The Purple Elephant Project

The Purple Elephant Project is a registered charity (number 1186434) based in Twickenham, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Alex Calcutt since 2026. Latest income £658k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £658k (2025)
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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
Disability
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.thepurpleelephantproject.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£658k£658k
  • 2024£625k£614k
  • 2023£518k£498k
Earlier years
  • 2022£409k£402k
  • 2021£317k£318k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 57%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 0-16 RESIDENT IN THE GREATER LONDON AREA WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY TRAUMATIC LIFE EXPERIENCES, ATTACHMENT OR DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING SUBSIDISED PLAY THERAPY AND OTHER THERAPEUTIC SERVICES, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND TRAINING TO PARENTS, CARERS AND SCHOOL STAFF.

Grants received

15 grants · £644,483 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.

Top funders

Most recent

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

0y median 0y
average tenure
0y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
0.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

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company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£625k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

6 from 3 in 2023
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1186434
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 19 Nov 2019
Contact on the register
0208 744 1733 · info@thepurpleelephantproject.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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