MANCHESTER PEOPLE FIRST

Registered charity 1124426 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Manchester People First is a self advocacy service for learning disabled adults based in Manchester. We provide services to our members to promote speaking up, rights and choices and we also offer an accessible information service. We also work with carers, professionals and statutory organistions to raise awareness of Learning Disabled issues and host volunteer and student placements.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN GREATER MANCHESTER AND SURROUNDING AREAS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE CITY OF MANCHESTER, BY1) THE RELIEF AND SUPPORT OF SUCH PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SERVICES WHICH WILL ENABLE THEM TO OBTAIN THEIR FULL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS CITIZENS.2) SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING SELF AND GROUP ADVOCACY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION, ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING;3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC, PROFESSIONALS AND CARERS ABOUT THE NEEDS, SKILLS AND INTERESTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES TO ENABLE PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES TO ACHIEVE FULL PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £231,387, resulting in total funds of £264,072. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy of maintaining approximately three months of running costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £34,929 for the year.

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.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Nathan Rawcliffechair
• Alexander Robin Webb
• Nathan Cairns
• Patricia Phillips
• Paul Hughes
• Richard John Hughes
• Stevan Macdonald

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PEOPLE FIRST (SELF ADVOCACY).

• PEOPLE FIRST (SELF ADVOCACY) income £162k
• PEMBROKESHIRE PEOPLE FIRST income £719k
• BRADFORD PEOPLE FIRST income £77k
• PEOPLE FIRST TAMESIDE income £356k
• CARMARTHENSHIRE PEOPLE FIRST income £362k
• PEOPLE FIRST MERSEYSIDE COMPANY LIMITED income £185k

Side by side with its peers

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