PEOPLE AGAINST POVERTY
Registered charity 1097858 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
People Against Poverty has three aims:- to help break the cycle of poverty for the deprived of the world by empowering them to become self sufficient;- to partner with UK businesses in the fight against poverty;- to raise awareness of poverty so that people in the UK are better able to understand the situation of the world's poor.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income fell from £140,000 to £104,000 while expenditure was reduced to £126,000, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Despite this, the charity reports remaining in a strong financial position with total funds of £61,422, comprising £36,242 in unrestricted reserves. The trustees note that financial sustainability is an ongoing risk and that the charity is dependent on voluntary donations and fundraising to continue operations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: two months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £36k)
“the agreed minimum reserves level at the time of submitting this report is set at £21,495”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- ALO, Kikunlola Olufunmilayo — director, appointed 09/06/2025on trustee list
- ADELEYE, Ruby Emotshokai Ehdirin Tamu — director, appointed 28/04/2025on trustee list
- BEATH, Richard Henry Wade — director, appointed 09/08/2024on trustee list
- FISHER, Andrew Stephen — director, appointed 20/09/2017on trustee list
- BROWN, Stuart Richard — director, appointed 05/10/2015on trustee list
- BEATH, Richard Henry Wade — secretary, appointed 09/12/2024
Official officers record.
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (15/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Stuart Brownchair
- Andrew Stephen Fisher
- Angela De Souza
- Kikunlola Olufmilayo Alo
- Richard Henry Wade Beath · trustee of 1 other charity
- Ruby Emotshokai Ehdirin Tamu Adeleye
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Haiti · India · Malawi · Nepal · Romania · Tanzania · Wiltshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is PEOPLE AGAINST POVERTY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income fell from £140,000 to £104,000 while expenditure was reduced to £126,000, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Despite this, the charity reports remaining in a strong financial position with total funds of £61,422, comprising £36,242 in unrestricted reserves. The trustees note that financial sustainability is an ongoing risk and that the charity is dependent on voluntary donations and fundraising to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds PEOPLE AGAINST POVERTY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PEOPLE AGAINST POVERTY as a grant recipient include THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION, ST. JAMES TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLT ST KATHARINE.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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