# OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL UNITED KINGDOM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1107713
- **Other names:** OPPORTUNITY UK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 19, 2005
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1107713


## Contact

- **Address:** ANGEL COURT, 81 ST. CLEMENTS STREET, OXFORD
- **Postcode:** OX4 1AW
- **Phone:** 01865725304
- **Email:** UKinfo@opportunity.org
- **Website:** www.opportunity.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND PROMOTE EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD, AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THAT GENERALITY):1. BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RE-TRAINING OF THE SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE EMPLOYMENT AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT, AND2.  BY THE PROVISION TO POOR PERSONS OF ASSISTANCE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES, AND3.  THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY SUPPORT FOR APPROPRIATE SMALL BUSINESSES.'APPROPRIATE' IN THIS CONTEXT SHALL MEAN SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED BY AND PRIMARILY EMPLOYING POOR PERSONS WHERE THERE IS OTHERWISE INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT TO RELIEVE THEIR POVERTY AND WHERE ANY SUCH BUSINESS IS IN DANGER OF FAILURE WITHOUT SUCH TEMPORARY SUPPORT, BUT IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WITH SUCH SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNED SHALL IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES HAVE GOOD PROSPECTS OF RECOVERY AND VIABILITY.

**Activities:** The charity through its Implementing Partners provides microfinance services to the poor, mostly in Africa. The microfinance services range from providing a safe and secure place for the poor to safeguard their savings, financial education, training as well as microfinance loans.

**Area of benefit:** UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Ghana
- Malawi
- Pakistan
- Rwanda
- Scotland
- Uganda
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £1797692 | £3337191 | £4773301 | 13 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £2716348 | £2757657 | £6312800 | 12 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £2639566 | £4098398 | £6354109 | 14 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £4259213 | £2982557 | £7812941 | 17 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £2911249 | £3217929 | £6536285 | 16 |



## Trustees

- CLIFFORD SAMUEL HERBERT HAMPTON — appointed Aug. 15, 2013
- David Charles Irving Thomson — appointed March 10, 2025
- David John Burndred — appointed Dec. 3, 2024
- Eugenia Ama Adofo — appointed Feb. 23, 2026
- Michael Crofton-Briggs — appointed Oct. 10, 2017
- Michael Thomas Andrew Gough — appointed Dec. 3, 2024
- Roger Mark Witcomb — appointed June 12, 2018
- Samantha Bamert — appointed June 13, 2023
- Simon Benedict Martin — appointed Dec. 6, 2022
- Tabitha Eccles — appointed May 13, 2025
- Tineyi Emmanuel Mawocha — appointed Sept. 22, 2020
- Wioletta Barwicka-Lofthouse — appointed Jan. 26, 2026