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Description

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.

Also known as

  • Concern Universal
  • Concern Universal
  • United Purpose
  • Up

CCEW Charity number

272465

Company number

01278887

Registered

Postcode

CF11 9BE

Website

united-purpose.org

Domain

united-purpose.org

Latest income

£15,019,901 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

United Purpose

GB-CHC-272465

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Area of operation in the UK

Area of operation outside the UK

  • Bangladesh
  • Brazil
  • Cameroon
  • Gambia
  • Guinea
  • Kenya
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
  • Nigeria

Registered Office in the UK

United Purpose

GB-CHC-272465

Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 2 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-272465 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

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GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 272465 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

United Purpose (this record)

Organisation record from Charity Commission for England and Wales
Last updated 2024-05-06

United Purpose

Organisation record from Companies House
Last updated 2024-05-04

International Inspiration (inactive)

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I.I Foundation (inactive)

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United Purpose

GB-CHC-272465

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Emergency and relief services D33

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

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  • Economic and community development EC » Infrastructure EC200 » Water EC202
  • Health HE
  • Health HE » Health condition HE200 » HIV / Aids HE208
  • Social welfare SW » Food SW300

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 105
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief 106

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Other Defined Groups 206
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Organisations 302
  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Services 306

Scale of operation

  • National and Overseas

United Purpose

GB-CHC-272465

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1976-12-15 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 6,879,934 6,822,400
2005-03-31 8,179,110 8,645,946
2006-03-31 14,779,563 13,687,035
2007-03-31 9,774,502 9,435,911
2008-03-31 9,557,747 8,664,021
2009-03-31 10,396,558 10,318,346
2010-03-31 12,316,857 10,499,026
2011-03-31 12,213,077 12,967,232
2012-03-31 15,307,579 14,798,743
2013-03-31 14,469,971 14,920,542
2014-03-31 23,182,149 22,330,588
2015-03-31 19,252,682 18,460,490
2016-03-31 20,704,634 19,637,924
2017-03-31 30,272,470 30,410,772
2018-03-31 18,183,770 18,818,265
2019-03-31 13,858,725 14,973,005
2020-03-31 18,596,701 18,624,949
2021-03-31 19,772,222 18,715,993
2021-12-31 8,900,345 10,515,786
2022-12-31 15,019,901 15,978,485
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

United Purpose

GB-CHC-272465

Charity people

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2022
£
2021
£
Employees 489 554
Employees paid more than £60,000 - -
Volunteers - -
Trustees 5
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

United Purpose

GB-CHC-272465

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£m
2021
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 1.0 0.5
Legacies - -
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 1.0 0.5
Income from charitable activities 14.0 8.2
Income from other trading activities 0.0 0.2
Income from investments - 0.0
Other income - -
Total 15.0 8.9
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 0.1 0.1
Spending on raising funds 0.1 0.1
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 15.9 10.4
Charitable activities 15.9 10.4
Other spending - -
Total 16.0 10.5
Net income / (expenditure) (1.0) (1.6)

United Purpose

GB-CHC-272465

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£m
2021
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 0.6 0.7
Investment assets - -
0.6 0.7
Current assets
Current investment assets 2.8 2.4
Cash 4.2 3.6
Other current assets - -
7.0 6.1
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (3.3) (2.1)
Net current assets 3.6 4.0
Total assets less current liabilities 4.2 4.7
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (0.4) (0.0)
Net assets 3.8 4.7
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 1.9 2.8
Unrestricted funds 1.9 1.9
3.8 4.7

United Purpose

GB-CHC-272465

Income from government

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2022
£
2021
£
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants 1,163,285 7,185,722
Government grants as % of total income 7.7% 80.7%
Number of government grants 5 20

United Purpose

GB-CHC-272465

Grants received

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Received 20 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
£11,131 Innovations in soil and irrigation technologies to improve Senegalese vegetable production
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 20-21
£41,800 Innovations in soil and irrigation technologies to improve Senegalese vegetable production
Comic Relief
Levelling the Field: Empowering Women and Girls through Sport
£149,933
3 years
Girls Inspired
Jan 2018 to Apr 2021
Comic Relief £150,052
3 years
Court of Dreams
Apr 2016 to Mar 2020
Comic Relief £816,083
5 years
Pathways to BRiDGES
Jan 2016 to Nov 2021
The National Lottery Community Fund
International Communities
£295,725
5 years
In Search of Common Ground
Jul 2015 to Jul 2020
The National Lottery Community Fund
International Communities
£473,405
2 years
Helping Coastal Communities Live with Rising Sea Levels
Feb 2015 to Jan 2018
The National Lottery Community Fund
International Communities
£477,272
4 years
Breaking Poverty Chain Through Building Self-Sustaining Communities
Mar 2015 to Feb 2020
The National Lottery Community Fund
International Communities
£550,000
4 years
Building markets for the poor: sustainable tree products in Guinea
Mar 2014 to Mar 2018
The National Lottery Community Fund
International Communities
£12,533
9 months
Breaking Poverty Chain Through Building Self-Sustaining Communities
Jan 2014 to Oct 2014

Data source

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United Purpose

GB-CHC-272465

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