CAMDEN PEOPLE FIRST

Registered charity 1118732 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CPF

None Statutory Advocacy support services- enabling individual with a learning disability to be empowered to speak up for themselves or their peers.Disability hate crime project- support individual with a learning disability to report hate crime to the police.Easy Read and communication service - support with editing.Advice and guidance - support with welfare benefit and housing issues.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£81k

Latest spending

£44k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £37,065 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £81,360 from £71,451 in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £68,165, which the trustees consider appropriate and significantly improved compared to the prior year. The charity maintains a policy to hold unrestricted reserves equivalent to a minimum of three months' core operating costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £68k)

“The Charity’s objective is to hold unrestricted reserves equivalent to a minimum of three months’ core operating costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Camden Community Partnership — “These organisations have helped Camden People First by funding and donating to our cause, and we are very thankful. Camden Community Partner…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

JIDE AKINBIYIchair
ALICE ETHERINGTON
ANGELA DAVIES
Christine Mannion
FRANCES MOSTAFA
Michaela Mamara
Paul Edward Tomlinson · trustee of 1 other charity
Raymond Reid
Sanjay Ramphal
Shelim Miah

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£81k	£44k
31/03/2024	£71k	£70k
31/03/2023	£56k	£70k
31/03/2022	£100k	£92k
31/03/2021	£123k	£99k

Common questions

Is CAMDEN PEOPLE FIRST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £37,065 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £81,360 from £71,451 in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £68,165, which the trustees consider appropriate and significantly improved compared to the prior year. The charity maintains a policy to hold unrestricted reserves equivalent to a minimum of three months' core operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CAMDEN PEOPLE FIRST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CAMDEN PEOPLE FIRST as a grant recipient include LONDON CATALYST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
LONDON CATALYST	FY2025	£3k	Psychotherapy support for asylum seekers & refugees. Advice & advocacy for people with learning disabilities.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Camden Giving	03/12/2025	£30k	CamdenPeopleFirst
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/10/2025	£20k	Open Doors Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/02/2019	£200k	Disability Hate and Mate Crime
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/08/2018	£6k	No One Can Stop Us