UNITED WAY

Registered charity 1153509 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

United Way advances the common good by focusing on education, income and health and creating partnerships between communities, businesses and other institutions to give, advocate and volunteer.Providing training and leadership to local United Ways and other charities with similar mission in UK.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES IN THE DIRECT PURSUIT OF THEIR CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF THEIR RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING LEADERSHIP, GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO CHARITIES WORKING TOWARDS OR MEETING UNITED WAY MEMBERSHIP STANDARDS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM.2. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.3. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £536,848 in 2025, resulting in a net surplus of £50,297. The charity reports free unrestricted reserves of £303,370, which exceeds its stated policy target of nine months' average expenditure (£257,132). The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Give Local Grant — “"Funding from the Give Local Grant during a time of huge uncertainty and upheaval has been a complete blessing. It has enabled us to continu…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Badenhuizenchair
• Elizabeth Mary Ellen Buss
• FRANCESCO VANNI D'ARCHIRAFI · trustee of 2 other charities
• GARY VON LEHMDEN
• Lailany Sierra
• Murray Orr · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nailesh Kantilal Rambhai
• Neil James Francis Maffey

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GIVEWELL UK.

• GIVEWELL UK income £20.5m
• TUTORS UNITED income £754k
• WAY UK income £210k
• THE UNITE FOUNDATION income £2.3m
• UNITED THROUGH SPORT income £125k
• ROTARY FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM income £3.4m

Side by side with its peers

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