THE COMMON PURPOSE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1023384 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMMON PURPOSE

CPCT's vision is to give people from different sectors, backgrounds and generations the inspiration, skills and connections to become better leaders, both at work and in society. It holds the overall strategic plan; ensures charitable objectives are met; safeguards brands, IP, domain names and trademarks; supports alumni; develops products and services; and oversees its subsidiaries' activities.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a recovery phase, with unrestricted reserves at a deficit of £275k, significantly below the stated target range of £1.4m to £1.6m. Although the group reported a small loss of £128k, the unrestricted cash balance remains healthy, and the trustees are confident that recent restructuring and cost-saving measures will restore profitability and rebuild reserves over the next few years.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: material uncertainty (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (04/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David William Gracechair
• Janis Sanders
• Jonathan Edward Donner
• MARK LINDER
• Professor Christine Ennew · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sanjeev Gupta

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Australia · France · Germany · Hong Kong · Hungary · India · Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Singapore · South Africa · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMON PURPOSE STUDENT EXPERIENCES LIMITED.

• COMMON PURPOSE STUDENT EXPERIENCES LIMITED income £233k
• THE COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION TRUST income £239k
• THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL AND DEVELOPMENT income £53.1m
• ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES income £8.1m
• THE COMMONWEALTH PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION income £1.7m
• THE C P CHARITABLE TRUST income £330k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.