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PEEPLE

Registered charity 1144975 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PARENTS EARLY EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (PEEP), PEEP · also registered in Scotland as SC044031 (OSCR)

Delivery of Peep Learning Together programme to parents/carers and children under 5 via groups, visits, drop ins and nursery/preschool provision in Oxford; practitioner mentoring and training nationally; development of learning resources and training materials. Accreditation of parents' learning via Scottish Qualifications Authority. Promotion of the Peep Learning Together programme in Scotland.

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Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £218,730 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £623,476. The trustees consider that the minimum level of reserves should be three months of fixed costs, estimated at £310,000, meaning the charity is currently above its stated policy target. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“1 employee received remuneration for the year within the £60,000 - £69,999 band” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“1 employee received remuneration for the year within the £60,000 - £69,999 band” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of fixed costs (held: £623k)
“The trustees consider that the minimum level of reserves should be three months of fixed costs. On this basis, the level of readily accessible reserves should be in the region of £310,000.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Peep Learning Ltd sold publications and training to Peeple.
“The total sales by Peep Learning Limited in the year were £728,836, of which £19,314 was to Peeple itself.” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Peep Learning Ltd
“The gross income for the Group, comprising the charity and its trading subsidiary Peep Learning Ltd” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mercer Lewin Ltd. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£1.7m
Cost of raising funds
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£623k
Employees
52

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (38% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 78.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.9m£1.7m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.1m£1.2m
31/03/2022£1.1m£1.0m
31/03/2021£941k£876k

Common questions

Is PEEPLE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £218,730 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £623,476. The trustees consider that the minimum level of reserves should be three months of fixed costs, estimated at £310,000, meaning the charity is currently above its stated policy target. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mercer Lewin Ltd.

What does the highest-paid employee of PEEPLE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds PEEPLE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PEEPLE as a grant recipient include CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, COLLECTIVE FUTURES (CIO), THE DULVERTON TRUST, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, WILLIAM ROWAN HAMILTON TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2023£137kYoung People & Education
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2022£91kYoung People & Education
COLLECTIVE FUTURES (CIO)FY2026£75kDiscovery Partners
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2025£72kYoung People & Education
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2024£35kGrowing Minds Project
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2026£33kGrowing Minds
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2025£10kBig Give Christmas Challenge 2024 - Growing Minds
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2025£10kGrant uplift - core costs
WILLIAM ROWAN HAMILTON TRUSTFY2024£10kSupport for parents and children to learn together by training professionals and working with families
THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2022£5k
M AND C TRUSTFY2023£5k
M AND C TRUSTFY2022£5k
M AND C TRUSTFY2024£3k
M AND C TRUSTFY2025£3k
MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£2k
THE MIDCOUNTIES CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY FUNDFY2022£2k
THE SANGHERA FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k
COLLECTIVE FUTURES (CIO)FY2025£1kPartners
THE SANGHERA FOUNDATIONFY2025£0
OXFORD ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024—
OXFORD ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The Mercers' Company25/06/2024£299kGrant to Peeple
The Mercers' Company04/03/2021£310kGrant to Peeple
The National Lottery Community Fund30/05/2019£9kParents and Children Learning Together

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
The Ethos Foundation1£90k
THE ACCESS FOUNDATION1£53k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION1£20k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PEEPS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PEEPLE£1.9m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
PEEPS FY2025£270k—0unclear—no doubt
LITTLE LEARNERS NURSERY GROUP FY2025£3.9m—0unclear—no doubt
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP FY2025£104k—0unclear—no doubt
LEARNING WITH PARENTS FY2025£901k—0above—no doubt
PIPPA'S GROUP FY2025£145k—0unclear—noted

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