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CAERPHILLY PEOPLE FIRST

Registered charity 1067252 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Caerphilly People First is a self advocacy organisation run by and for people with learning disabilities. We have over 100 members and hold regular meetings with them which gives them a chance to express their views and to get the message across that they can think for themselves and should be allowed to make their own decisons.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£84k
Latest spending
£83k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds were £44,614, which is below the board's stated policy target of holding six months of reserves. The trustees note that the charity is entirely dependent on continuing grant aid, posing a potential risk to its ongoing projects.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Caerphilly County Borough Council (30% of income)
“Caerphilly County Bourough Council Service Contracts 36,404” — page 18
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £45k; policy: six months)
“The board of management strives to maintain reserves to ensure that the charity can continue its work. To this end it aims to hold sufficient reserves to maintain its work for six months.” — page 10
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The charity is entirely dependent on continuing grant aid and as a consequence the going concern basis in also dependent on the continuing grant aid” — page 15
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Caerphilly

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£84k£83k
31/03/2025£109k£93k
31/03/2024£89k£89k
31/03/2023£64k£75k
31/03/2022£117k£80k

Common questions

Is CAERPHILLY PEOPLE FIRST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds were £44,614, which is below the board's stated policy target of holding six months of reserves. The trustees note that the charity is entirely dependent on continuing grant aid, posing a potential risk to its ongoing projects. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CAERPHILLY PEOPLE FIRST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CAERPHILLY PEOPLE FIRST as a grant recipient include BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2kCraft materials for this charity working with adults with learning disabilities.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery30/09/2024£20kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund05/06/2023£10kHealth and wellbeing Reconnect through cookery
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2020£9kCOVID-19 - Room to Zoom
UK government06/10/2020£20kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund03/12/2019£10kSafeguarding training for vulnerable people
The National Lottery Community Fund12/06/2018£10kLearning Disability Training Project
The National Lottery Community Fund27/08/2015£5kHelping People with Learning Disabilities to Fill in Benefit Forms
The National Lottery Community Fund06/01/2011£5kSupporting Parents With Learning Disabilities