PEOPLE UNITED

Registered charity 1126729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

People United is a participatory arts charity and creative laboratory. We use the arts to grow kind, caring and engaged communities.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£216k
Latest spending
£271k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept, accounts accorded with those records, and they complied with applicable accounting standards and the Statement of Recommended Practice. No matters were identified that would cause concern regarding the preparation of the accounts.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — People United (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£216k£271k
31/03/2024£244k£219k
31/03/2023£160k£223k
31/03/2022£175k£193k
31/03/2021£211k£165k

Common questions

Is PEOPLE UNITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept, accounts accorded with those records, and they complied with applicable accounting standards and the Statement of Recommended Practice. No matters were identified that would cause concern regarding the preparation of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PEOPLE UNITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PEOPLE UNITED as a grant recipient include THE RAYNE FOUNDATION, THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION, THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE RAYNE FOUNDATIONFY2024£50kFutures of Care
THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATIONFY2025£5kUnrestricted
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery07/03/2025£35kMillionaire Street 2025 03w3
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch04/04/2023£25kPeople United
The National Lottery Community Fund16/03/2016£9kBest Fest, a community festival: celebrating the best of us
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/05/2015£9k"Newington's Big History Ambassadors"
The National Lottery Community Fund30/07/2014£5kRole Models - A Celebration
The National Lottery Community Fund15/04/2010£9kCommunity Action: Herne Bay

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PEOPLE UNITED£216k——unclear—no doubt
PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED FY2025£345k—0unclear—no doubt
People's Theatre Collective Ltd FY2025£184k—0within—no doubt
PEOPLE MATTERS (WEST YORKSHIRE) FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
PEOPLE'S PALACE PROJECTS FY2025£1.1m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
EQUAL PEOPLE PERFORMING ARTS FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt

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