PURE INNOVATIONS LIMITED

Registered charity 1111252 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PURE INNOVATIONS

CARE SERVICESCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERING SERVICESCATERING SERVICES INCLUDING VOLUNTEERING TRAININGEMPLOYMENT SERVICESOTHER SERVICES-Other activities include the provision of consulting

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Latest income
£11.1m
Latest spending
£10.6m
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved profitable trading with a profit of £309k excluding pension service costs, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £3,351,300. The trustees report that these reserves exceed the minimum threshold set to cover closure costs and financial risks. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum reserves target based on potential closure costs and the financial risks associated with ending contracts (held: £3.4m)
“The Board of Trustees has set a minimum reserves target based on potential closure costs and the financial risks associated with ending contracts. The current level of reserves exceeds this minimum threshold.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Helen White is director of a marketing organisation to which Pure Innovations pays a small annual subscription, none of our trustees receive remuneration or other benefit from their work with the charity.
“Helen White is director of a marketing organisation to which Pure Innovations pays a small annual subscription, none of our trustees receive remuneration or other benefit from their work with the charity.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pure Innovations (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Pennine Care NHS Foundation TrustIndividual Placement Support (IPS) services for Serious Mental Illness (SMI)——

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.

CQC provider record: Pure Innovations Limited — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 08/01/2014.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£11.1m
Total spending
£10.6m
Reserves (reported)
£3.4m
Employees
274

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£11.1m£10.6m
31/03/2024£8.7m£8.3m
31/03/2023£8.0m£8.0m
31/03/2022£7.2m£7.5m
31/03/2021£6.6m£5.9m

Common questions

Is PURE INNOVATIONS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved profitable trading with a profit of £309k excluding pension service costs, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £3,351,300. The trustees report that these reserves exceed the minimum threshold set to cover closure costs and financial risks. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.

Who funds PURE INNOVATIONS LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PURE INNOVATIONS LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2024£20kTotal grants awarded in the period

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Stockport MBC11/10/2022£1kGrant to Mooch and Mingle - Pure Innovations
Stockport MBC11/10/2022£830Grant to Pure Innovations - Mental Health Network
Stockport MBC11/10/2022£1kGrant to Pure Innovations - Olive Sanctuary
Stockport MBC11/10/2022£1kGrant to Pure Innovations - Start the Week
Stockport MBC11/10/2022£1kGrant to Pure Innovations – Sing and Sign
Stockport MBC11/10/2022£1kGrant to Pure Innovations - Menopause in Mind – The Community Hub Team
Stockport MBC11/10/2022£540Grant to Pure Innovations – Youth Club
Stockport MBC01/02/2021£7kGrant to Pure Innovations
Stockport MBC01/02/2021£10kGrant to Pure Innovations
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2020£10kPurely Nutritious
Stockport MBC26/03/2020£1kGrant to Pure Innovations
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2019£7kFurapy
Stockport MBC01/01/2019£10kGrant to Pure Innovations
The National Lottery Community Fund03/05/2018£10k"The Pure Kitchen" - A Social Enterprise Training Kitchen for Learning

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PETA LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PURE INNOVATIONS LIMITED£11.1m——above—no doubt
PETA LIMITED FY2025£4.4m——unclear—no doubt
RIPON COMMUNITY LINK COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£948k£70,001 - £80,0001below—no doubt
LEADERS IN COMMUNITY FY2025£327kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
APPRIS CHARITY LIMITED FY2025£3.7m£90,001 - £100,000—above—no doubt
ELLYS EXTRA CARE LIMITED FY2025£135k—0unclear—no doubt

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