UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION - UK

Charity number: 1146016
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

UNA-UK supports the aims of the United Nations: poverty eradication, conflict resolution, sustainable development and human rights for all. As the country's leading source of independent information on the UN, we seek to build a better understanding of the challenges facing the world and how to address them, through research, public information, educational resources, and outreach.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2025

Total income: £479,989
Total expenditure: £732,307

People

12 Trustee(s)

32 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 2

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 February 2012: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • UNA-UK (Working name)
Company number:
07824306 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

12 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Ian Martin Chair 18 December 2024
THE UNA TRUST
Received: On time
Besma Kasmi Trustee 10 December 2025
None on record
Hana Shono Trustee 18 June 2025
None on record
Stephen Dominic Hicks Trustee 26 March 2025
GREENWICH FOODBANK LIMITED
Received: 55 days late
Andrew Gilmour Trustee 18 December 2024
None on record
ANGELA GAIL SEAY Trustee 18 December 2024
None on record
Theodora Clarke Trustee 18 December 2024
None on record
Carol Michelle Shutkever Trustee 29 April 2024
None on record
Pamela Shearing Trustee 28 June 2023
None on record
Dali Lalit Ten Hove Trustee 29 March 2023
None on record
Oluwatobi Emmanuel Aigbogun Trustee 29 March 2023
HEALTHWATCH GREENWICH LIMITED
Received: On time
Tim Jarman Trustee 29 March 2023
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024 30/06/2025
Total gross income £628.13k £597.30k £1.82m £1.12m £479.99k
Total expenditure £454.57k £703.44k £791.93k £865.60k £732.31k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £161.63k £286.05k £128.59k £580.60k N/A
Income - Other trading activities £1.24k £71.00k £45.14k £53.53k N/A
Income - Charitable activities £401.17k £212.25k £1.32m £359.49k N/A
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 N/A
Income - Investment £89.63k £28.00k £59.33k £29.74k N/A
Income - Other £28.46k £0 £273.18k £94.96k N/A
Income - Legacies £82.84k £1.00k £0 £161.98k N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £444.12k £688.61k £762.70k £823.40k N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds £10.45k £14.83k £29.23k £42.19k N/A
Expenditure - Governance £28.01k £252.85k £111.98k £145.44k N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 N/A
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 June 2025 30 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2025 30 January 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2024 11 March 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 11 March 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2023 02 November 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 02 November 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2022 06 February 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 06 February 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2021 28 February 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 28 February 2022 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/01/2012 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 SEP 2016 as amended on 18 Dec 2024

Charitable objects

THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS OF UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION- UK (UNA-UK) ARE AS FOLLOWS:- (1) THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH PURPOSES AS FOR THE TIME BEING AND FROM TIME TO TIME ARE CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE. (2) WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE APPLICATION OF THE INCOME AND CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN FURTHERANCE OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES PROVIDED THAT NO MONIES SHALL BE APPLIED FOR ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT CHARITABLE AS AFORESAID: A)THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, HUNGER AND DISTRESS AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE B)THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION AND THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS OR RACIAL HARMONY OR EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY C)THE RAISING OF AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AND SECURING THE ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW D)THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS AND INSTITUTIONS WITH A VIEW TO THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING SUCH RELIEF AS AFORESAID E)THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IMPROVEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT F)THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERING AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP G)THE SUPPORT GENERALLY, WITHIN THE POWERS HEREBY CONFERRED, OF THE WORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION OR OF ANY OF ITS RELATED ASSOCIATE AGENCIES INSOFAR AS SUCH WORK PROMOTES ALL OR ANY OF THE OBJECTS MENTIONED IN (A) TO (F) ABOVE.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

WORLDWIDE

Contact information

Address:
Angie Pankhania
United Nations Association UK
3 Whitehall Court
LONDON
SW1A 2EL
Phone:
02077663454
Email:
info@una.org.uk
Website:

www.una.org.uk Open in new window