Unlock, for people with criminal records

Registered charity 1079046 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UNLOCK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EX-OFFENDERS LIMITED, UNLOCK THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EX-OFFENDERS, Unlock - for people with criminal records

Driven by the needs of people, Unlock works to help people overcome the long-term disadvantages caused by criminal records. We do this by providing information, advice, advocacy and other forms of support; undertaking research; as well as working with government, employers and others to achieve a fairer and more inclusive society.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £107,436, resulting in a decrease in net assets to £224,152. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £182,237, which was slightly above the revised policy target of £178,757 required to cover closure liabilities and two months of operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03791535

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• FOX, Anne Elizabeth — director, appointed 18/03/2026on trustee list
• WINDER, Belinda Carole, Professor — director, appointed 16/10/2024on trustee list
• MCSTRAW, Richard John — director, appointed 16/10/2024on trustee list
• RATCLIFFE, Fionnuala Agnes — director, appointed 16/10/2024on trustee list
• SANGHERA, Harmohinder Kaur — director, appointed 16/10/2024on trustee list
• BRABY, Carolyn — director, appointed 17/07/2024on trustee list
• DIGHTON, Trevor Leslie — director, appointed 17/07/2024on trustee list
• WHEATLEY, Thomas Richard — director, appointed 19/10/2022on trustee list
• MACLELLAN, Hamish Douglas — director, appointed 18/05/2020on trustee list
• LORBER, Steven John — director, appointed 03/02/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Elizabeth Fox
• Carolyn Braby
• Fionnuala Agnes Ratcliffe
• Hamish Douglas MacLellan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Harmohinder Kaur Sanghera
• Professor Belinda Carole Winder
• Richard John McStraw
• Steven John Lorber
• Tajah Kamali Stevens
• Thomas Richard Wheatley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Trevor Leslie Dighton

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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