NORTH SOMERSET PEOPLE FIRST

Registered charity 1159184 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PEOPLE FIRST VOICES & CHOICES

North Somerset People First promotes and encourages people with a learning disability, difficulty and/or autism to speak up for themselves, empowering them to be in control of their own lives, now and in the future.We facilitate speaking up forums, consultations, provide person centred planning & advocacy, employment & work experience, accessible training programmes & social events & activities.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS WHO LIVE OR WORK IN THE WEST COUNTRY AND ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF THEIR LEARNING DISABILITIES OR ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS BY: (I) PROVIDING TRAINING, FACILITATION OF WORK OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATION, INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND SELF-ADVOCACY; (II) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £6,154 for the year, increasing total funds to £177,798. The trustees report that the organization's core running costs are approximately £128,000 per annum, funded by a mix of statutory grants, project grants, and donations, with a strategy being developed to diversify core funding streams.

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 4 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
• 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

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — North Somerset People First (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jane Elizabeth Haroschair
• Christopher Bird · trustee of 2 other charities
• Kyle Hannan
• Rebecca Felicity Keating

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

Operates in: Bristol City · North Somerset · Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHAMPTONSHIRE PEOPLE FIRST LTD.

• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE PEOPLE FIRST LTD income £79k
• PEOPLE FIRST DORSET income £276k
• PEOPLE FIRST (SELF ADVOCACY) income £162k
• PEMBROKESHIRE PEOPLE FIRST income £719k
• CORNWALL PEOPLE FIRST income £126k
• PEOPLE FIRST TAMESIDE income £356k

Side by side with its peers

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