Name

Purple Community Fund

Legal name

Purple Community Fund

Website

https://p-c-f.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Social Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG), Protection, Child Protection & Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Response (BPAGAAAG)

Keywords

• Upcycled charity products
• Poverty alleviation programs
• Child education sponsorship
• Recycled material handcrafts
• Social enterprise retail

Headquarters

HQ city

Southampton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Merchandise Sales: Sale of upcycled handcrafted products including bags, jewellery, accessories, and household items through the online shop. Products are made from ring pulls, truck tyres, magazines and other recycled materials. 100% of profit from shop sales goes to beneficiaries in UK and Philippines.
2. Child Sponsorship: Community Education Sponsorship program where supporters sponsor children in the Philippines for 6 or 12 months, providing school uniforms, shoes, transport, medical checkups and welfare support.
3. Donations: General donations and specific program donations including Feed a Child, Christmas Food parcels, School Uniforms, Community First Aid Kits, Dads back to Work, Shanty Repair, and Sewing Equipment programs.
4. Corporate CSR Programs: Companies pay a fee for PCF to assess their waste and create sample products from usable materials. Products can be re-sold or made into corporate gifts. Companies deliver waste to PCF projects reducing landfill costs.
5. Gift Vouchers: Sale of gift vouchers that can be redeemed for products or used to purchase Gifts that Matter items.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Purple Community Fund is a UK-registered charity that operates holistic community development programmes primarily in the Philippines, supporting poverty-affected families through education, livelihood, health, and housing initiatives. The organisation runs a commercial upcycling operation that transforms donated waste materials—ring pulls from aluminium cans, inner tubes from truck tyres, rice sacks, juice pouches, and glossy magazines—into handcrafted bags, jewellery, accessories, and household items sold via its own e-commerce shop. It also sells symbolic 'Gifts that Matter' charitable gifts and 6 or 12-month child education sponsorships, with 100% of shop profits and charitable gift contributions flowing directly to designated Philippines community programmes.

Product overview

Purple Community Fund operates an e-commerce charity shop selling handmade upcycled products alongside charitable gift donations. The product portfolio consists of three main categories: (1) Ring pull bags and accessories including handbags, purses, belts, keychains, and jewellery all made from upcycled ring pulls from donated aluminium cans; (2) Household items including decorative bowls, water bottle holders, wine bottle covers, and Christmas decorations; (3) Charitable gifts enabling donors to support specific Philippines community programmes including child feeding, education sponsorship, school uniforms, first aid kits, livelihood training, and housing repairs. Products are crafted by disadvantaged women in the Philippines and UK through livelihood programmes, with 100% of shop profits going to beneficiaries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Upcycled Ring Pull Bags Handcrafted bags made from 100% upcycled ring pulls collected from canned drinks, including handbags, tote bags, body bags, and belt bags. The Laura Bag line features over 700 hand-sewn ring pulls per bag. Crafted by disadvantaged women in the Philippines and UK through PCF's livelihood programme.
• Upcycled Truck Tyre Bags Handcrafted bags made from 100% upcycled inner tubes of truck tyres, including body bags and tassle bags. Useful-sized bags designed for everyday or festival use.
• Reclaimed Fabric Bags Tote and shopper bags made from 100% upcycled rice sacks and juice pouches. The Rice Sack Shopper was designed in collaboration with Infinity Foods. Each design is unique and crafted by trainee sewers.
• Ring Pull Jewellery Handcrafted jewellery made from 100% upcycled ring pulls including earrings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches, and necklace and bracelet sets. Available in multiple colour and design combinations.
• Magazine Jewellery Jewellery handcrafted from recycled glossy magazines by disadvantaged women in the UK and Asia, creating unique sustainable fashion accessories.
• Upcycled Ring Pull Accessories Handcrafted accessories made from upcycled ring pulls and truck tyre inner tubes including purses, belts, keychains, lanyards, glasses cases, coin purses, and guitar straps.
• Upcycled Household Items Decorative household items handmade from 100% upcycled ring pulls including decorative bowls, water bottle holders with adjustable straps, wine bottle covers, and stationery holders.
• Upcycled Christmas Decorations Handcrafted Christmas decorations including baubles, wreaths in multiple sizes (door, large, XL, XXL), Christmas tree toppers, ring pull decorations, small crochet decorations, and alternative Christmas greetings in lieu of cards. Available in various designs including Snowman, Father Christmas, Star, Tree, Wreath, and Stocking.
• Gifts that Matter (Charitable Gifts) Symbolic charitable donation gifts where 100% of the contribution goes directly to the specified programme. Includes Feed a Child, School Uniforms, Community First Aid Kits, Dads back to Work, Community Sewing Equipment, Christmas Food parcels, and Philippine Shanty Repair.
• Community Education Sponsorship 6 or 12-month recurring sponsorship programme providing children in the Philippines with school support including school uniforms, shoes, transport, medical checkups, and welfare support. Over 70% of sponsored children were previously child workers with no education access.
• Corporate Recycling Programme B2B service where PCF assesses company waste streams to identify upcyclable materials and creates sample products from usable waste including polyurethane, PVC, tarpaulins, foil laminates, glossy magazines, suede and leather. Companies pay a fee, deliver waste to PCF projects, and receive unique corporate gifts while reducing landfill costs.
• Gift Vouchers Gift vouchers redeemable for products in the online shop or used to purchase Gifts that Matter items. Gift vouchers do not incur postage charges.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 70% of sponsored children were previously child workers with no education access
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Upskills+ Foundation (UFI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUFI provides basic and functional literacy skills, knowledge and values education under DepEd's Alternative Learning System (ALS) for 100 out-of-school children, youth and adults who want to finish their education in Philippines communities.
• UK Corporate Partners (unspecified)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPCF works with UK companies to create low-cost CSR programmes by assessing company waste and creating products from usable materials including polyurethane, PVC, tarpaulins, foil laminates, glossy magazines, suede and leather. Companies deliver waste to PCF projects reducing landfill costs.
• Infinity FoodsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Infinity Foods to design the Rice Sack Shopper bag made from upcycled rice sacks, with each design being unique.
• AY Foundation PhilippinesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDistributes elementary school uniforms for fire survivor children in the Philippines, working with PCF programs.
• Coca-Cola 5by20 ProgrammeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPCF participated in Coca-Cola's 5by20 programme, which aims to enable economic empowerment of women across the value chain.
• Newport World ResortsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConducted fundraising events to support PCF projects and beneficiaries in Philippines communities.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SOS Children's Villages UK: International NGO supporting orphaned and abandoned children through family-based care, education and community programmes with UK fundraising operations. Comparable in child welfare and community development focus.
• Oxfam GB: UK-registered international development charity operating charity shops selling donated and fair-trade goods alongside poverty alleviation programmes. Most directly comparable to PCF's combined charity shop + international community development model in the UK.
• Traidcraft: UK-based fair trade social enterprise selling handcrafted and ethically sourced products while supporting producer communities in developing countries. Highly comparable in upcycled/fair-trade product offering and charity-driven model.
• People Tree: Fair trade fashion brand producing handcrafted clothing and accessories from sustainable materials in partnership with artisan communities. Closely comparable in handcrafted upcycled/eco product category and producer-community model.
• ChildFund UK: International child sponsorship charity offering sponsorship programmes supporting children's education, health and welfare in developing countries. Directly comparable child sponsorship product line to PCF's Community Education Sponsorship.
• Compassion UK: UK arm of Compassion International, a child sponsorship organisation funding education, health and livelihoods for children in developing countries. Comparable recurring child sponsorship and community development model.
• SEND A COW: UK-registered international development charity supporting African and Asian communities through livelihood training and sustainable programmes, with UK fundraising operations. Comparable small UK charity running multi-country poverty alleviation programmes.

Broad incumbents

• Plan International UK: UK arm of Plan International, an international development charity focused on children's rights, education and gender equality in developing countries. Comparable in child sponsorship and community development programmes but at much larger scale.
• Save the Children UK: Major UK-registered international children's charity running large-scale education, health and child protection programmes globally. Larger, more diversified incumbent operating in the same child welfare and international development space.
• ActionAid UK: UK-registered international development charity running community-led programmes tackling poverty, education and women's rights across multiple countries. Comparable in community-led international development and supporter fundraising model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PCF_UK
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/philippine-community-fund

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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