Unity (Southern) Ltd

Analysis

Unity (Southern) Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in April 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03332003). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Unity (Southern) Ltd reported income of £887k and spending of £1.0m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £629k to £887k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Unity (Southern) Ltd sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Midland Langar Seva Society (£887k), Aurora Wellbeing Centres (£888k) and Humanity First International (£886k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90% and donations and legacies 8.8%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £53k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 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.