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We Are Purposeful

We Are Purposeful is a registered charity (number 1169844) based in London, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Maheen Kaleem since 2024. Latest income £15m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £15m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 3 more
Where
Sierra Leone, United States
Website
www.wearepurposeful.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
WE ARE Purposeful LTD
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£15m£9.8m
  • 2024£12m£8.4m
  • 2023£6.1m£6.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£16m£5.4m
  • 2021£5.7m£4.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ARE:2.1.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITH THE AIM OF PROMOTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF YOUNG PEOPLE;2.1.2 TO PROMOTE EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN, AND BETWEEN GIRLS AND BOYS, AND TO ELIMINATE GENDER DISCRIMINATION;2.1.3 TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE;2.1.4 TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT HEALTH (WHETHER MENTAL, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL OR EMOTIONAL) AND PERSONAL SAFETY;2.1.5 TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECREATION OF PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) YOUNG PEOPLE, BY PROVIDING SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO THEM IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE; AND2.1.6 TO RELIEVE POVERTY.

Grants received

4 grants · £1,474,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 5Education/training 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 3

Gaps to watch

  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£12.1m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

14.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.8 in 2021

32 from 30 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1169844
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25 AUG 2016 as amended on 09 Mar 2021 as amended on 16 Jan 2025
Companies House
Company number 10346701 · Active
Contact on the register
02081254120 · info@wearepurposeful.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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