Understand it before you join it.
The project should be easy to question and easy to understand.
What is The 1 Million Project?
A social experiment asking whether one million people will each contribute £1. The project is run by an anonymous medical student and publicly tracks its stated goals and financial activity.
Why are you anonymous?
The project is intended to focus on the experiment and its outcomes rather than the identity of the person behind it. Anonymity does not remove the obligation to be financially transparent.
Is the full £1 million target allocated?
Yes. There is one fully defined £1 Million Mission rather than a smaller preliminary stage. The gross target is divided into £75,000 for personal/family goals, £900,000 for wider-purpose causes and up to £25,000 for payment-processing fees.
Where does the £1 million go?
£325,000 is assigned to Medical Education & Patient Care; £250,000 to Health, Care & Family Support; £200,000 to Dignity, Safety & Opportunity; £200,000 to Wider World & Animal Welfare; and up to £25,000 to payment-processing fees. The complete line-by-line breakdown is published on the Transparency page.
Is this a charity?
No. This is a personal crowdfunding / social experiment. Only the stated charitable portion is intended for charity. Contributions to the project should not be described as tax-deductible charitable donations unless a qualifying arrangement actually makes them so.
Can I contribute more than £1?
The project is intentionally configured around a fixed £1 checkout. The aim is one person, one £1 contribution. Please do not deliberately make repeated payments to increase the counter.
How will I know the totals are real?
The live tracker is designed to count successful, non-refunded £1 checkout records received through the secure payment provider and stored in the project’s private database. The public counter is not manually increased. The tracker measures verified transactions rather than performing identity checks on supporters.
Will personal or medical documents be posted?
Only where appropriate, and with identifying information removed. Names, addresses, student identifiers, hospital numbers and other sensitive details should not be published.
What happens if the project never reaches the target?
The Mission can be funded in stages, but a detailed partial-funding and closure rule will be published before public launch. Any allocation made before the full target is reached must follow that published rule and appear in the public financial record.
Does £1 paid mean £1 reaches the published causes?
No. The public tracker shows gross £1 contributions. The Mission assigns £975,000 to published allocations and budgets up to £25,000 for payment-processing fees. Refunded payments are removed from the verified total, and actual fees will be reported.
Are the charities involved with or endorsing this project?
No endorsement or partnership should be assumed unless the website expressly says otherwise. Named charities are planned recipients. Where a specific recipient has not yet been named, the organisation will be published before a transfer is made.
Can I claim Gift Aid or a tax deduction?
No. Your £1 goes to this personal crowdfunding project, not directly to a registered charity. It is not presented as a Gift Aid donation or as tax-deductible charitable giving.
Is my supporter number proof that I am a unique person?
No. A supporter number is assigned to a verified £1 checkout. We ask each person to contribute once, but the project does not perform identity verification, so the public count should be understood as verified £1 contributions rather than a guaranteed count of unique natural persons.
Is any part of the £1 million target unallocated?
No. The experiment and the Mission now use the same £1 million gross target. The full amount is accounted for from the outset, subject to actual payment-processing costs and the published rules.
What if processing fees are lower or higher than £25,000?
Only actual processing fees will be deducted. Any unused budget will remain within the published Mission and its final use will be disclosed. If the chosen provider would make the budget unworkable, the figures will be revised publicly before launch.