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UNITED PURPOSE
Profile
- Company number
- 01278887
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1976-09-27
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 88990
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- RBK Audit UK Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees believe that there is no material uncertainty about United Purpose ability to continue as a going concern.”
Subsidiaries
- Village Aid · 100% held · UK · relief of poverty among persons in African rural communities
Significant events
- “In 2021, United Purpose merged with the Gorta Group which trades as Self Help Africa (see below).”
- “In 2024, CUMO Microfinance Malawi which was part of the United Purpose group, moved under the control of Self Help Africa.”
- “During 2024, United Purpose Malawi and United Purpose Nigeria ceased to exist, and all current projects were transferred to Self Help Africa Malawi and Nigeria respectively.”
- “During 2024, the localisation of the country programmes in Bangladesh and Brazil commenced this process will conclude in 2025.”
- “Due to significant changes and challenges to the global funding environment, during 2025, the global organisation will be undergoing a major restructuring which will involve reducing the number of programme countries to seven by the end of 2025. For United Purpose, this will mean that the country programmes in the Gambia and Senegal will close in 2025. In addition, United Purpose Mozambique is expected to move under the direct control of Self Help Africa at the start of 2026.”
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People
5 active · 54 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKPAN, Augustine Emmanuel | Secretary | 2024-05-16 | — | — |
| HUSANI, Hadi | Director | 2016-01-07 | Oct 1975 | Canadian |
| MEAGHER, Geoff | Director | 2023-02-28 | Aug 1949 | Irish |
| OWENS, Dervla | Director | 2021-12-08 | May 1978 | Irish |
| ROBINSON, Mary Benita | Director | 2018-06-25 | Dec 1955 | British |
Show 54 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEAL, Tracey | Secretary | 2005-09-26 | 2007-05-21 |
| MCDEVITT, Peter Raymond | Secretary | 2022-05-24 | 2022-12-14 |
| OFOKANSI, Obiechina | Secretary | 2017-02-25 | 2019-06-18 |
| SHIRLEY, Rachel Kathleen | Secretary | — | 2005-09-26 |
| THOMAS, Melissa Jayne | Secretary | 2022-12-14 | 2024-05-16 |
| WHITE, Blaise Alexander | Secretary | 2011-10-08 | 2017-03-31 |
| ARDEN, Donald Seymour, Right Reverend | Director | 1995-09-04 | 2006-02-09 |
| ATFIELD, Peter John | Director | 2018-06-25 | 2021-08-04 |
| AYRES, Peter | Director | 2008-07-05 | 2021-08-04 |
| BARLOW, Susan Ann | Director | 2009-11-28 | 2014-10-21 |
| BISHOP, Daniel Charles | Director | 1998-07-18 | 2012-03-03 |
| BRIGGS, Ceri Suzanne | Director | 2018-03-27 | 2020-05-17 |
| BRIGGS, Ceri Suzanne | Director | 2017-05-18 | 2018-02-14 |
| BRIGGS, Nicholas Howard | Director | 2014-09-27 | 2016-04-25 |
| BULL CBE, David Neill | Director | 2016-11-26 | 2021-08-04 |
| BYRNE, Tony | Director | 1999-05-22 | 2001-10-16 |
| CHESHIRE, Leonard | Director | — | 1992-08-01 |
| COLLIE, Rosemary Jane | Director | 2006-09-23 | 2010-06-26 |
| COTTRELL, Catherine Anne | Director | 2020-06-22 | 2024-07-24 |
| DAVIDSON, Martin Stuart | Director | 2016-09-24 | 2021-08-04 |
| DAVIES, Alan | Director | 2014-06-28 | 2018-06-30 |
| DEAL, Tracey | Director | 2004-06-05 | 2009-11-27 |
| DIBBA-WADDA, Oley Lucretia Clara | Director | 2009-11-28 | 2011-11-13 |
| FITZGIBBON, Catherine Anne | Director | 2021-08-13 | 2022-06-30 |
| FOX, Carmel | Director | 2021-08-13 | 2023-02-28 |
| GORMLEY, Michael, Professor | Director | 2021-08-13 | 2022-11-28 |
| HOWARD, Friedenstern | Director | 1990-10-10 | 2006-04-08 |
| HOWE, Sara | Director | 2012-09-22 | 2015-05-26 |
| HUGHES, Josephine, Treasurer | Director | — | 1995-06-08 |
| LAURENTI, Tiziano, Father | Director | 1995-07-04 | 1999-02-20 |
| LENNON, Colm Anthony | Director | 1995-07-31 | 1997-07-22 |
| LLOYD, Michael Antony | Director | 2001-06-02 | 2010-02-12 |
| MARSHALL, Steven | Director | 2016-01-07 | 2020-11-30 |
| MCGEE, Joan Maureen | Director | — | 2009-11-28 |
| MCLEISH, Donald John, Chairman | Director | — | 2005-04-27 |
| MINCHINTON, Rachal Jane | Director | 2020-06-22 | 2020-09-01 |
| MPOKOSA, Chikondi | Director | 2008-07-05 | 2009-10-02 |
| MPOKOSA, Chikondi | Director | 2008-07-05 | 2016-12-01 |
| MUSHET, Nicola Mary | Director | 2004-11-27 | 2018-05-31 |
| ODONOVAN, Jerome Finbarr | Director | 1995-07-31 | 1999-08-24 |
| PHIRI, Macduff | Director | 2011-12-21 | 2013-01-10 |
| PLUMEREL, Joelle | Director | 2010-10-05 | 2013-08-06 |
| POWNER, Michael Gerard | Director | 2002-11-23 | 2006-01-03 |
| PULMAN, Nicola | Director | 2018-06-25 | 2020-03-30 |
| SHERLOCK, Tracey | Director | 2010-11-17 | 2012-02-15 |
| SHIRLEY, Rachel Kathleen | Director | 2005-09-26 | 2009-11-28 |
| TAMUNO, Philip Biodomo Ladele, Dr | Director | 2010-11-17 | 2014-03-24 |
| TAYLOR, Fiona Deirdre | Director | 2010-11-17 | 2012-11-04 |
| TODD, Robin | Director | 2013-12-01 | 2016-11-25 |
| TODD, Robin Edward | Director | 2006-09-23 | 2010-08-01 |
| TUCKER, Benjamin | Director | 2007-11-24 | 2010-01-28 |
| VERNES, Hajnal Ildiko | Director | 2020-06-22 | 2020-11-30 |
| WESTON, Lucy | Director | 2010-08-17 | 2016-08-16 |
| WYNNE, Adam Mark | Director | 2014-09-27 | 2018-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorta | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2021-08-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 229 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-04-09 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-08-01 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-05-28 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2024-05-28 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2024-04-17 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-03-16 | DISS40 | gazette | gazette filings brought up to date |
| 2024-03-12 | GAZ1 | gazette | gazette notice compulsory |
| 2023-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-03-22 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-03-22 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2023-01-03 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2023-01-03 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2022-12-07 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2022-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-08-18 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2022-08-17 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
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