PURPLE SHOOTS BUSINESS LENDING LTD

Registered charity 1155385 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PURPLE SHOOTS

Latest income

£450k

Latest spending

£563k

Registered

2014

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2024)

Total income

£703k

Total spending

£665k

Cost of raising funds

£70k

Reserves (reported)

£137k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Catherine Anne Healey · trustee of 1 other charity
Guto Davies
Professor Olga Biosca-Artinano
Samuel Patrick Sutherland Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
Timothy Stumpff · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£450k	£563k
31/07/2024	£703k	£665k
31/07/2023	£647k	£643k
31/07/2022	£697k	£603k
31/07/2021	£158k	£325k

Common questions

Who funds PURPLE SHOOTS BUSINESS LENDING LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PURPLE SHOOTS BUSINESS LENDING LTD as a grant recipient include THE CINNAMON NETWORK, THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE CINNAMON NETWORK	FY2023	£25k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST	FY2024	£20k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST	FY2023	£20k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST	FY2022	£20k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	27/05/2022	£100k	Growing microfinance in the UK