Unity Works Social Enterprises

Registered charity 1185113 Registered since 2019

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

4 trustees on the board

Alison Jane Bunney since 2023
Lorna Havard Weston since 2023
Tavish Kumar since 2022
Virginia Beardshaw since 2019

4.2y median 3.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Virginia Beardshaw since 2019

11y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Alison Jane Bunney since 2023
Tavish Kumar since 2022
Virginia Beardshaw since 2019

Portfolio (1)

Lorna Havard Weston since 2023

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 4Accommodation/housing 1

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

Health and social care 15Other services 2Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£3.0m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

66 from 66 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.

56%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Thera Trust 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Mind in Tower Hamlets, Newham and Redbridge Similar size; both Disability
AGE UK Hillingdon, Harrow and Brent Similar size; both Disability
AGE UK Kensington and Chelsea Similar size; both Disability
The Advocacy Project Similar size; both Disability
North London Bikur Cholim Limited Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.unityworks.org.uk
Email	Tarnya.Thompson@thera.co.uk
Phone	03003031280
Address	THE WEST HOUSE, ALPHA COURT, SWINGBRIDGE ROAD, GRANTHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE, NG31 7XT

Finances

£2,956,372 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£2,447,411	£2,239,467
2022	£1,989,321	£1,982,649
2023	£1,827,454	£2,111,669
2024	£2,172,423	£2,386,823
2025	£2,956,372	£2,863,701

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ARE:(I) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF CARE, SUPPORT AND SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT AND BY THE PROMOTION OF THE AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS; AND(II) THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERSAND THE COMPANY CAN DO ALL OTHER THINGS THAT ARE INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCIVE TO ITS OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 MAY 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28 AUG 2018

Trustees (4)

4trustees

48median age

1aged 70+

Alison Jane Bunneyage band 45-49 since 2023
Lorna Havard Westonage band 45-49 since 2023
Tavish Kumarage band 25-29 since 2022
Virginia Beardshawage band 70-74 since 2019

Linked company (Companies House)

Unity Works Social Enterprises · 11338498 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 01/05/2018

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

Forward Housing 1 shared trustee
Thera Trust 1 shared trustee

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