PEOPLE FIRST MERSEYSIDE COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1124792 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A Self Advocacy organisation for adults with learning difficulties, working across Liverpool and Sefton. Supporting people to work together in a group to speak up for themselves to enable them to have more control over their own lives, create a supportive network to encourage more people to speak up, provides information and signpost people who may need a different type of advocacy service.

Objects

1 ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES OR LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING FACILITIES AND WORKSHOPS IN SELF ADVOCACY AND RELATED AREAS INCLUDING:I ENABLING AND ASSISTING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND LEARNING DIFFICULTIES TO SPEAK UP FOR THEMSELVES, TO SHARE THE IDEAS AND VOICE OPINIONS WITH OTHERS;II ASSISTING AND ENABLING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND LEARNING DIFFICULTIES TO ENJOY THE SAME RIGHTS AS EVERYONE ELSE, TO ATTAIN GREATER INDEPENDENCE, FREEDOM OF CHOICE AND PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY.2 TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL, PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DIFFICULTY OR LEARNING DISABILITY.3 TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF SUCH NEEDS AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, MERSEYSIDE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £29,228 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £179,392 to £150,164. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, maintaining a positive net cash position of £159,192. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or material uncertainties.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

• National Lottery — “our National Lottery funded ‘It’s […]” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDY PHILIP BOWSKILL
• Emma Grange
• Geraldine Brigid McConaghy
• Hannah Leah Smart
• Keith Neil Davies
• Lesley Curran
• Philip Hume
• Rebecca Elizabeth Ferguson
• Susan Elizabeth Williams
• Wilhelmina Mullen

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

Operates in: Liverpool City · Sefton

Income and spending

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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 PEOPLE FIRST (SELF ADVOCACY).

• PEOPLE FIRST (SELF ADVOCACY) income £162k
• People First Keighley & Craven income £194k
• PEOPLE FIRST INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY income £5.5m
• PEOPLE FIRST FORUM income £421k
• SKILLS FOR PEOPLE income £1.4m
• NORTH SOMERSET PEOPLE FIRST income £390k

Side by side with its peers

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