Company information

Common Purpose Charitable Trust

The Common Purpose Charitable Trust holds all intellectual property of Common Purpose and draws all of its activities together.

It has two subsidiaries: Common Purpose UK and Common Purpose International.

Company registered number: 2832875
Charity registered number: 1023384
Annual report and Accounts 2009
Trustees

Common Purpose International

This company, limited by guarantee, develops Common Purpose internationally and supports start-ups in new countries.

Charity registered number: 1056573
Company registered number: 3207453
Annual report and Accounts 2009

Civilia Ltd

This trading company manages the licensing arrangements of Common Purpose in the countries where we operate and delivers our customised work.

It covenants all profits to the Common Purpose Charitable Trust and is a subsidiary of Common Purpose International.

Company registered number: 3476595
Annual report and Accounts 2009

What is the charitable objective of Common Purpose?

The charitable objective of Common Purpose is the advancement of education for the public benefit, one of the descriptions of accepted charitable purposes listed in the Charities Act 2006.

In 2008, more than 600 people received bursary support to enable them to participate in Common Purpose leadership development courses. These courses help participants to increase their knowledge of how society works and their own leadership role within it.

The Act requires that all charities must demonstrate that their aims are for the public benefit.

Read a story from one of our alumni about the benefits of the course both for him and for his local community:

Alex Dick

Finance Director, Preston Road Neighbourhood Development Company

How a Common Purpose course helped a Finance Director take more of a lead on future opportunities for his organisation, and promote his facility to new users

How are the objectives described in the governing document?

The Common Purpose Charitable Trust and Common Purpose UK charitable objects are described in its governing document as:

"the advancement of education for the public benefit and in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing to educate men and women and young people of school age, from a broad range of geographical, political, ethnic, institutional, social and economic backgrounds in constitutional, civic, economic and social studies with special emphasis on civil and social awareness and responsibility in the United Kingdom and elsewhere".

View our entry on the UK Charity Commission website's Register of Charities.

As an employer we constantly strive to embrace diversity in the provision and delivery of all our activities, including our courses, websites, workshops and awards schemes.

We positively encourage applications from all sections of the community and are working hard to ensure that our courses and services meet the requirements of people with disabilities. We have a range of services that may be helpful.

If you require any further information, please email info@commonpurpose.org or call +44 (0)20 7608 8100.