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.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') ARE:(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DEPRIVATION AND DISTRESS OF ALL PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES BY PROVIDING PRACTICAL EXPERTISE EQUIPMENT TOOLS MACHINERY TRANSPORT APPLIANCES BUILDING AND OTHER MATERIALS MEDICAL SUPPLIES SEEDS FERTILISERS WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE EQUIPMENT FOOD CLOTHING SHELTER MONEY AND OTHER NECESSITIES(2) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD(3) FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04727350

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• 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

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT UK.

• GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT UK income £1.6m
• COMMUNITY AGAINST POVERTY FOUNDATION income £352k
• POWER FOR THE PEOPLE income £230k
• ACTION FOR HUMANITY income £25.6m
• SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES income £176k
• MAKE A WELL CHARITY income £85k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.