United Social Ventures

Registered charity 1158935 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UNITED, UNIVERSITIES TOGETHER EMPOWERING DEVELOPMENT

United Social Ventures supports innovative social entrepreneurs in East Africa to design and validate their impact and business models and then fundraise to launch and scale their ventures.

Objects

1) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.2) TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROMOTING THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;B) PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS; ANDC) PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS."VOLUNTARY SECTOR" IS DEFINED AS "CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS".CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY ORGANISATIONS.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £1,795 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total net assets decreasing to £4,860. The filing notes that operating expenses declined due to a restructuring that transitioned staff from fixed salaries to flexible, task-based payments. The trustees highlight that future sustainability depends on securing grant funding to support the venture-building model until it generates sustainable returns.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Chuckle & Co. Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian Ndyaguma
• Ivan Kyeswa Mbowa
• Jessica Falkner
• Mary Helda Akongo
• Renee Loades

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire · Uganda

Income and spending

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