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Company · Shrewsbury

United Purpose

Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 50

  1. Catherine Anne Fitzgibbon 2021-2022 Director View profile
  2. Professor Michael Gormley 2021-2022 Director View profile
  3. Carmel Fox 2021-2023 Director View profile
  4. Catherine Anne Cottrell 2020-2024 Director View profile
  5. Rachal Jane Minchinton 2020-2020 Director View profile
  6. Hajnal Ildiko Vernes 2020-2020 Director View profile
  7. Peter John Atfield 2018-2021 Director View profile
  8. Nicola Pulman 2018-2020 Director View profile
  9. Ceri Suzanne Briggs 2018-2020 Director View profile
  10. David Neill Bull CBE 2016-2021 Director View profile
  11. Martin Stuart Davidson 2016-2021 Director View profile
  12. Steven Marshall 2016-2020 Director View profile
  13. Adam Mark Wynne 2014-2018 Director View profile
  14. Nicholas Howard Briggs 2014-2016 Director View profile
  15. Alan Davies 2014-2018 Director View profile
  16. Robin Todd 2013-2016 Director View profile
  17. Sara Howe 2012-2015 Director View profile
  18. Macduff Phiri 2011-2013 Director View profile
  19. Fiona Deirdre Taylor 2010-2012 Director View profile
  20. Tracey Sherlock 2010-2012 Director View profile
  21. Dr Philip Biodomo Ladele Tamuno 2010-2014 Director View profile
  22. Joelle Plumerel 2010-2013 Director View profile
  23. Lucy Weston 2010-2016 Director View profile
  24. Susan Ann Barlow 2009-2014 Director View profile
  25. Oley Lucretia Clara Dibba-Wadda 2009-2011 Director View profile
  26. Chikondi Mpokosa 2008-2009 Director View profile
  27. Peter Ayres 2008-2021 Director View profile
  28. Benjamin Tucker 2007-2010 Director View profile
  29. Rosemary Jane Collie 2006-2010 Director View profile
  30. Robin Edward Todd 2006-2010 Director View profile
  31. Rachel Kathleen Shirley 2005-2009 Director View profile
  32. Nicola Mary Mushet 2004-2018 Director View profile
  33. Michael Gerard Powner 2002-2006 Director View profile
  34. Michael Antony Lloyd 2001-2010 Director View profile
  35. Tony Byrne 1999-2001 Director View profile
  36. Daniel Charles Bishop 1998-2012 Director View profile
  37. Right Reverend Donald Seymour Arden 1995-2006 Director View profile
  38. Colm Anthony Lennon 1995-1997 Director View profile
  39. Jerome Finbarr Odonovan 1995-1999 Director View profile
  40. Laurenti, Tiziano, Father 1995-1999 Director View profile
  41. Friedenstern Howard 1990-2006 Director View profile
  42. Leonard Cheshire 1992 Director View profile
  43. Mcleish, Donald John, Chairman 2005 Director View profile
  44. Joan Maureen Mcgee 2009 Director View profile
  45. Hughes, Josephine, Treasurer 1995 Director View profile
  46. Melissa Jayne Thomas 2022-2024 Secretary View profile
  47. Peter Raymond Mcdevitt 2022-2022 Secretary View profile
  48. Obiechina Ofokansi 2017-2019 Secretary View profile
  49. Blaise Alexander White 2011-2017 Secretary View profile
  50. Tracey Deal 2004-2009 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Incorporated
27/09/1976
Registered office
Shrewsbury
Also a registered charity
United Purpose
Previous names
United Purpose LTD (until 10/11/2016)
Concern Universal (until 21/10/2016)

Grants received

16 grants · £4,641,060 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,588,128 (14 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £52,931 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £11,1312022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £41,8002020-11-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £295,7252015-05-19
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £473,4052014-12-22
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £477,2722014-10-13
Board analysis

Board DNA

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

4 directors on the board

6.6y median 6.3y
average tenure
10.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Dormant 3Other services 3Professional services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01278887
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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