WE ARE PURPOSEFUL LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-15 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-75.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
+28.1% vs 2023
Employees
32
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WE ARE PURPOSEFUL LTD 2021-03-09 → present
- PURPOSEFUL PRODUCTIONS 2016-08-25 → 2021-03-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,289,000 | £15,875,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£2,330,000 | £4,777,000 | |
| Cash | £16,429,000 | £4,053,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,244,000 | £22,051,000 | |
| Net assets | £16,989,000 | £21,766,000 | |
| Equity | £16,989,000 | £21,766,000 | |
| Average employees | 32 | 32 | |
| Wages | £2,116,000 | £1,544,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -32.0% | 30.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.0% | 4.8% | |
| Current ratio | 37.58x | 27.30x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Our funders and partners continue to demonstrate unwavering support in one-off and multi-year grants. As of August 2024, Multi-year grants are secured through to the 2026-27 financial year and additional commitments are in the pipeline. These multi-year grants, constituting 41% of our 24/25 annual budget, provide a solid foundation for our operations. Coupled with the Mackenzie Scott gift funds, prudently held in long-term deposit accounts, we are well-positioned to sustain and advance our mission of transforming the lives of girls worldwide for a significant duration.”
Group structure
- WE ARE PURPOSEFUL LTD · parent
- We Are Purposeful Sierra Leone 100%
Significant events
- “The last year has seen one of considerable change for the Organisation that has seen a change in leadership and board as well as unprecedented external challenges and acute, escalating, and interconnected global crises.”
- “Over the last year global crises have persisted and worsened - including ongoing wars and conflict and natural disasters, seeing the highest ever number of people in displacement and rising inequality and humanitarian crises.”
- “The last year has seen a number of significant changes with one of our Co-CEO's and co-founder, Chernor Bah resigning on the 12th September 2023.”
- “7 new board members were selected and approved by the existing board. ... the new members were appointed on the same day (31st March 2024).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Annemarieke Henriette | Director | 2024-03-15 | Jun 1990 | British |
| DARKOA SEHYIAMAH, Nana | Director | 2024-03-15 | Jan 1978 | British |
| JALLOH - HAYWARD, Mariama Seray | Director | 2024-03-15 | Nov 1976 | American |
| KALEEM, Maheen | Director | 2024-03-15 | Apr 1985 | American |
| LYNCH, Andrea Ellen | Director | 2024-05-22 | Sep 1976 | American |
| MCHARRIS, Tynesha Almarie | Director | 2024-03-15 | Mar 1985 | American |
| TOURE, Fanta | Director | 2024-03-15 | Oct 1981 | Ivorian |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANGURA, Ramatu Tosa, Dr | Director | 2020-07-31 | 2024-02-19 |
| BARNETT, Marie Jilo, Dr Rev | Director | 2019-07-02 | 2024-03-15 |
| COLLIER, Margaret | Director | 2016-08-25 | 2024-03-31 |
| FULLER, Christina Cochrane | Director | 2016-08-25 | 2024-03-31 |
| MYRUM, Jody | Director | 2016-08-25 | 2021-02-11 |
| POPE, Chloe Aurelia | Director | 2020-04-20 | 2024-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Maheen Kaleem | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2024-03-15 | Active |
| Mrs Annemarieke Henriette Clarke | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2024-03-15 | Active |
| Mrs Margaret Collier | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-08-25 | Ceased 2024-03-31 |
| Mrs Christina Cochrane Fuller | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-08-25 | Ceased 2024-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-10 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+117.8%
£7,289,000 £15,875,000
-
Cash
-75.3%
£16,429,000 £4,053,000
-
Net assets
+28.1%
£16,989,000 £21,766,000
-
Employees
0%
32 32
-
Wages
-27%
£2,116,000 £1,544,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers