Unison Welfare

Analysis

Unison Welfare is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Unison Welfare reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.9m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.3m to £1.8m (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Unison Welfare sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cornwall Music Service Trust (£1.8m), Hackney Council for Voluntary Service (£1.8m) and Shaare Zedek UK (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 80%, investments 13% and trading 6.5%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 4.9%. Reserves of £10.1m would cover about 62 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.