United Kingdom · Food security and agriculture
UNITED PURPOSE
International NGO from the United Kingdom
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.
- Active at least since
- 1976
- Income 2025
- £3.8M
- Public funds 2022
- 8%
Accounts
Income Expenditure
Source: Charity Commission (England & Wales) — official register
Where the money comes from (2022)
Public funds 8% (£1.2M) · Other income 92%
Public funds: grants and contracts from government bodies as declared to the Charity Commission. Other income includes donations, legacies, trading and investments. Many organisations record funds from UN agencies and the European Union as income from charitable activities: in that case the public share is underestimated.
Data table
| Year | Income | Expenditure | Public funds | Staff | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | £3.8M | £3.4M | – | 94 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2024-12-31 | £4.9M | £8.4M | – | 310 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2023-12-31 | £12.7M | £14.4M | – | 401 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2022-12-31 | £15M | £16M | 8% | 489 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2021-12-31 | £8.9M | £10.5M | 81% | 554 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
European Union funding
Data table
| Year | Humanitarian aid (ECHO) | Development cooperation (INTPA) | Total committed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | – | €697,117 | €697,117 |
| 2021 | – | €3.2M | €3.2M |
| 2020 | – | €1.1M | €1.1M |
| 2018 | – | €9.8M | €9.8M |
| 2017 | €500,000 | €4.9M | €5.4M |
| 2016 | – | €2.8M | €2.8M |
Amounts committed each year by the European Commission to the organisation (contracts and grants), from the EU Financial Transparency System. A commitment often covers several project years and, in consortia, may include shares of other partners. They are not income for the year and should not be compared directly with the accounts.
Public funds from donor governments
Payments by donor in the last 5 years
| Donor | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2020 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCDO (United Kingdom) | €3.9M | €2.3M | €1.8M | – | – |
| Irish Aid (Ireland) | – | – | – | €31,005 | €1M |
Payments to the organisation reported by the aid agencies of 17 countries (USAID, FCDO, BMZ, Sida and others) in their own IATI data, converted to euros at the year's average rate. They include funds passed on to local partners. Not all donors name the recipient of their payments, so figures may be incomplete; EU funds are in their own section.
Spending on declared projects (IATI)
Only the projects the organisation publishes on IATI: usually a fraction of its total spending (median 14% in our checks).
Countries with projects published on IATI
Bangladesh ↗ 1 · Malawi ↗ 1 · Nigeria ↗ 1
Number of activities published on IATI that mention the country, added up over all years. Platforms that raise funds for other organisations publish every small project as a separate activity. Each country opens on d-portal the list of this organisation’s projects in that country.
Projects published on IATI (most recent and largest)
| Project | Country | Period | Spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Promoting Sustainable Partnerships for Empowered Resilience (PROSPER) | Malawi | 2018–2023 ongoing | $1.4M |
| Community-Led Health Improvement Through Sanitation & Hygiene Promotion in Nigeria | Nigeria | 2016–2018 ongoing | $2M |
| Improving food security and livelihoods of 180,000 poor farming households through promotion of rural service provisions in Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2015–2018 ongoing | $2.1M |
Titles are shown as published by the organisation, in their original language. Spending = disbursements and expenditure reported on IATI, in US$.
Countries declared
Bangladesh · Brazil · Cameroon · Gambia · Guinea · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Nigeria
Official checks
- Public register
- Charity Commission — active registration
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025 (Charity Commission (England & Wales))
- Annual filings
- up to date (Charity Commission (England & Wales))
Facts from public registers and certification bodies, not a judgement on the organisation; the absence of a label is not a negative sign. Methodology
Timeline
- Registered as a charity
- First publication on IATI
Identifiers
Charity Commission · Companies House · IATI (d-portal) · Wikidata