THE UNITY PROJECT (TUP)

Registered charity 1191462 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We exist to support people with 'no recourse to public funds' (NRPF).

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG MIGRANTS DENIED RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING ADVICE, SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO SUCH MIGRANTS IN MAKING APPLICATIONS FOR RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION, AS IT IS EXPERIENCED BY MIGRANTS DENIED ACCESS TO PUBLIC FUNDS (FOR EXAMPLE ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER AND DISABILITY).

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £14,206 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £279,575 and total expenditure of £265,369. The trustees confirmed that free reserves of £210,061 equate to seven months of operating budget, which falls within their stated policy target of maintaining reserves between six and nine months. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 12365154

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.

• HIPPOLETTE, Sudia — director, appointed 09/03/2026on trustee list
• GIDNEY, Florence Iona Montgomery — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• EDGAR, Stacey Jayne — director, appointed 21/07/2023on trustee list
• SHAH, Zaki Iqbal — director, appointed 08/10/2020on trustee list
• BRUNSWICK, Abigail Naomi — director, appointed 16/12/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abigail Brunswick · trustee of 1 other charity
• Florence Iona Montgomery Gidney
• Stacey Jayne Edgar
• Sudia Hippolette
• Zaki Iqbal Shah

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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