Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 4

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 6

UNITED PURPOSE

United Purpose's activities can be broadly summarised as follows:Partnership and local capacity strengthening;Emergency prevention, preparedness and response; Health, including HIV/AIDS prevention and care; Rights and equity; Water and sanitation;Sustainable livelihoods, including food security and micro-enterprise.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 47 years

www.united-purpose.org

up.uk@united-purpose.org

02920220066

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
31/12/22	*	£15,020	£15,978	£-959	£74	£3,776	£1,857	1.4	489	0
31/12/21?	*	£8,900	£10,516	£-1,615	£85	£4,735	£1,943	2.2	554	0
31/03/20		£18,597	£18,625	£-28	£372	£5,294	£2,401	1.5	530	4
31/03/19		£13,859	£14,973	£-1,114	£321	£5,322	£1,971	1.6	564	12
31/03/18	*	£18,184	£18,818	£-634	£335	£6,436	£1,663	1.1	633	0
31/03/17	*	£30,272	£30,411	£-138	£207	£7,071	£2,220	0.9	686	0
31/03/16		£20,705	£19,638	£1,067	£302	£7,209	£1,792	1.1	675	0
31/03/15		£19,253	£18,460	£792	£591	£6,142	£1,546	1	613	0
31/03/14		£23,182	£22,331	£852	£607	£5,416	£1,247	0.7	581	0
31/03/13		£14,470	£14,921	£-451	£512	£4,685	£1,250	1	573	0
31/03/12		£15,308	£14,799	£509	£412	£5,879	£2,160	1.8	545	0
31/03/11		£12,213	£12,967	£-754	£460	£5,731	£2,295	2.1	548	0
31/03/10		£12,317	£10,499	£1,818	£521	£6,651	£2,445	2.8	539	0
31/03/09		£10,397	£10,318	£78	£488	£5,068	£2,659	3.1	607	0
31/03/08		£9,558	£8,664	£894	£413	£4,090	£1,216	1.7	491	0
31/03/07		£9,775	£9,436	£339	£187	£3,197	£179	0.2	544	0
31/03/06	*	£14,780	£13,687	£1,093	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£8,179	£8,646	£-467	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£6,880	£6,822	£58	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 50%
Liabilities/Income: 25%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 49%
Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, Cardiff, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, The Gambia,

This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

489 employees

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Innovations in soil and irrigation technologies to improve Senegalese vegetable production
£11,131	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=47259
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Innovations in soil and irrigation technologies to improve Senegalese vegetable production
£41,800	01/11/2020	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=47259
Comic Relief - Girls Inspired
£149,933	29/11/2017 36	This proposal will implement a netball-based education programme for 480 girls aged 10-18 living in Dedza district in Malawi, who are identified as disenfranchised. Girls will be inspired to reach ....more This proposal will implement a netball-based education programme for 480 girls aged 10-18 living in Dedza district in Malawi, who are identified as disenfranchised. Girls will be inspired to reach their full potential and be able to influence their own and their peers’ lives. Boys, families and communities will benefit from mixed-gender community tournaments . The project will build the capacity of United Purpose Malawi in using Sport as a tool for social Change, enabling it to transfer learning in Sport for Change to its partners in Malawi and the wider sector.
Comic Relief - Court of Dreams
£150,052	27/01/2016 36	Close to 1 million people live in the Kibera slum, and over 75% of the population are under 18. More than 37% of children in Kibera have fallen outside the education system and less than 8% of girls ....more Close to 1 million people live in the Kibera slum, and over 75% of the population are under 18. More than 37% of children in Kibera have fallen outside the education system and less than 8% of girls in Kibera have the chance to go to school. Extreme poverty remains acute and poor sanitation, associated practices and a lack of clean water is associated with diseases such as dysentery and diarrhoea in Kibera. Using a holistic tennis programme, children and young people will receive health education to mitigate some of the most pressing health challenges in Kibera. Children and young people who have dropped out of school will be supported to re-enrol & those at-risk of dropping out will receive educational support to stay in school and thrive.This is a young and innovative project and we will be monitoring its progress regularly.
Comic Relief - Pathways to BRiDGES
£816,083	25/11/2015 60	In coastal Kenya, over 80% of adolescent girls are not in education, employment or training and live in absolute poverty. Early marriage, lack of sexual and reproductive health education, early ....more In coastal Kenya, over 80% of adolescent girls are not in education, employment or training and live in absolute poverty. Early marriage, lack of sexual and reproductive health education, early pregnancy, gender-based violence and other harmful practices, such as widow inheritance, compound their disadvantage. Building on a previous grant, this programme will deliver a holistic football programme to at-risk girls and young women that aims to increase their awareness of their sexual and reproductive health and rights, and support them to get an education and/or employment. It will also work with young men, community leaders, teachers and health clinics to address discriminatory attitudes.
National Lottery Community Fund - In Search of Common Ground
£295,725	19/05/2015 60	In Search of Common Ground
National Lottery Community Fund - Helping Coastal Communities Live with Rising Sea Levels
£473,405	22/12/2014 35	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Breaking Poverty Chain Through Building Self-Sustaining Communities
£477,272	13/10/2014 59	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Building markets for the poor: sustainable tree products in Guinea
£550,000	18/12/2013 48	Building markets for the poor: sustainable tree products in Guinea
National Lottery Community Fund - Breaking Poverty Chain Through Building Self-Sustaining Communities
£12,533	18/12/2013 9	No press release available in this release
National Lottery Community Fund - Livelihood Empowerment Agricultural Programme (LEAP)
£499,315	25/10/2012 48	The project in the Upper River Region (URR) of the Gambia will build on a previous BIG-funded project in another region of the Gambia, focusing on building up essential skills for women and youth to ....more The project in the Upper River Region (URR) of the Gambia will build on a previous BIG-funded project in another region of the Gambia, focusing on building up essential skills for women and youth to increase the amount of income they can generate through better techniques, tools and market-oriented farming. 7,695 people from 40 communities will directly benefit from training leading to indirect benefits to the other community members totalling 24,000.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 45-74

CATHERINE ANNE COTTRELL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Fundraising

DERVLA OWENS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Finance Director, Other trusteeship: SELF HELP AFRICA (UK),

GEOFF MEAGHER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant, Other trusteeship: SELF HELP AFRICA (UK),

HADI HUSANI Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chief Executive

MARY ROBINSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Freelance Consultant, Other trusteeships: SELF HELP AFRICA (UK), VILLAGE AID,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/12/1976, number: 272465
Registered at Companies House on 27/09/1976, number: 01278887

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR22: 162 days late, AR21: 49 days late, AR18: 9 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

Office 124 (Lewis Street)
W2 1st Floor Wellington House
Wellington Road
Cardiff
CF11 9BE

Objectives

The Objects of the Charity shall be to further any purpose or purposes recognised by the law of England and Wales as charitable.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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