UNDER ONE SKY CIO

Registered charity 1198901 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UNDER ONE SKY COLLECTIVE CIC, UOS · also registered in Scotland as SC054510 (OSCR)

UOS is a volunteer-led charity that aims to use education, compassion, and collaboration to end homelessness in the UK. We empower individuals, companies and public organisations to be a part of the change, transforming lives and growing a community, together.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED DUE TO BEING HOMELESS OR HAVING RECENTLY BEEN HOMELESS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH FOOD, CARE, ACCOMMODATION OR OTHER ASSISTANCE;B) EDUCATING SUCH PERSONS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPACITIES SO THAT THEY MAY FIND EMPLOYMENT AND OTHERWISE INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, ANDC) TO INFORM AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON ISSUES CONCERNING HOMELESSNESS.

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£511k

Latest spending

£440k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a stable financial position with total income of £511,288 and net assets closing at £132,755. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £88,911, which the trustees consider appropriate given the charity’s scale and risk profile. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties affecting its ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear (reserves figure: £89k)

“Under One Sky holds reserves to ensure continuity of services, manage risk and provide flexibility in responding to changing needs. The trustees review reserves regularly in line with the reserves policy.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Amrit Maan is a director of Maan & Sons, which purchased food supplies for the charity at wholesale prices. The charity reimbursed the company for costs incurred. Amrit Maan received no financial benefit.

“Amrit Maan is a director of a company called Maan & Sons. The company has purchased food related supplies for the charity from Booker cash and carry at wholesale prices. The charity has reimbursed the company, Maan & Sons, for the costs incurred. Amrit Maan has received no financial benefit from these transactions.” — page 26

“Mikkel Juel Iversen is a director of a company called Naer Ltd. The company organised and trade financed an order of Under One Sky branded underwear from manufacturer Raddis Cotton. Naer Ltd provided the service to the charity free of any charge. Under One Sky only paid for the manufacturing and logistics services by unrelated parties. Mikkel Juel Iversen has received no financial benefit from these transactions.” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Mikkel Juel Iversen is a director of Naer Ltd, which organized and trade-financed an order of branded underwear. Naer Ltd provided the service free of charge; the charity only paid for manufacturing and logistics by unrelated parties. Mikkel Juel Iversen received no financial benefit.

“Amrit Maan is a director of a company called Maan & Sons. The company has purchased food related supplies for the charity from Booker cash and carry at wholesale prices. The charity has reimbursed the company, Maan & Sons, for the costs incurred. Amrit Maan has received no financial benefit from these transactions.” — page 26

“Mikkel Juel Iversen is a director of a company called Naer Ltd. The company organised and trade financed an order of Under One Sky branded underwear from manufacturer Raddis Cotton. Naer Ltd provided the service to the charity free of any charge. Under One Sky only paid for the manufacturing and logistics services by unrelated parties. Mikkel Juel Iversen has received no financial benefit from these transactions.” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
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
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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 10/05/2025

Volunteers: 700

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 10/05/2024

Volunteers: 700
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 10/05/2023

Volunteers: 632
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Under One Sky (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 10/05/2025)

Total income

£511k

Total spending

£440k

Cost of raising funds

£33k

Reserves (reported)

£89k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 6.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Rosalind Cochrane-Goughchair
Anita Hughes Campbell
Karlie-Ann Shelley
SARA CARNEGIE
Shazeeda Singh

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
10/05/2025	£511k	£440k
10/05/2024	£370k	£322k
10/05/2023	£113k	£138k

Common questions

Is UNDER ONE SKY CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a stable financial position with total income of £511,288 and net assets closing at £132,755. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £88,911, which the trustees consider appropriate given the charity’s scale and risk profile. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties affecting its ability to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds UNDER ONE SKY CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name UNDER ONE SKY CIO as a grant recipient include STREETSMART-ACTION FOR THE HOMELESS, GLC CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GROCERS' CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
STREETSMART-ACTION FOR THE HOMELESS	FY2024	£10k
GLC CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k	Welfare
GLC CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k	Welfare
GLC CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Welfare
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	FY2023	£5k	Youth

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/04/2026	£20k	Skywalks: Reaching homeless friends in all seasons

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	2	£15k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£500k
EAST HEAD IMPACT	1	£310k
SLOANE ROBINSON FOUNDATION	1	£197k
THE FRAXINUS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£179k
HANDSPARK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£102k
QUADSTAR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£70k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£66k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ONE VOICE (IMMINGHAM DISTRICT) CIO.

ONE VOICE (IMMINGHAM DISTRICT) CIO income £209k
UNITY IS STRENGTH income £36k
UNITED WORLD SCHOOLS income £5.2m
ONE BY ONE income £620k
THOUSAND 4 1000 CIO income £110k
ONE ROOF LEICESTER income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
UNDER ONE SKY CIO	£511k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ONE VOICE (IMMINGHAM DISTRICT) CIO FY2026	£209k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
UNITY IS STRENGTH FY2026	£36k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UNITED WORLD SCHOOLS FY2025	£5.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ONE BY ONE FY2025	£620k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THOUSAND 4 1000 CIO FY2025	£110k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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