Unlock, for people with criminal records

Analysis

Unlock, for people with criminal records is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in January 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03791535). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Unlock, for people with criminal records reported income of £327k and spending of £435k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £378k to £327k (-13%), an average of -3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Unlock, for people with criminal records sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Richmond Education Foundation (£327k), Earleybird Pre-School (£327k) and Burnholme Community Nursery (£327k).

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.