PEOPLE FIRST FORUM

Registered charity 1178213 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our vision is a world where people with learning disabilities are treated as equals, living safe and happy lives.

Causes: Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£421k
Latest spending
£345k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted incoming resources were £221,254 against expenditure of £134,335, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £237,118, which is above its stated internal policy target of £60,000. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £60,000 (held: £237k)
“The Trustees have set a minimum of £60,000 as their internal reserves policy.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£421k£345k
31/03/2024£313k£249k
31/03/2023£242k£211k
31/03/2022£201k£196k
31/03/2021£210k£200k

Common questions

Is PEOPLE FIRST FORUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted incoming resources were £221,254 against expenditure of £134,335, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £237,118, which is above its stated internal policy target of £60,000. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PEOPLE FIRST FORUM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PEOPLE FIRST FORUM as a grant recipient include TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST, THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery31/10/2024£50kMillionaire Street 2024 09w2
Postcode Lottery30/06/2023£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2022£392kOn The Move
Disability Action01/11/2020£7kNET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
UK government25/09/2020£5kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund11/07/2019£10kSpeaking Up Skills
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/03/2019£43k"For The Record"

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.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PEOPLE FIRST MERSEYSIDE COMPANY LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PEOPLE FIRST FORUM£421k—0unclear—no doubt
PEOPLE FIRST MERSEYSIDE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£185k—0unclear—no doubt
PEOPLE FIRST DORSET FY2025£276k—0unclear—no doubt
PEOPLE FIRST (SELF ADVOCACY) FY2025£162k—0below—no doubt
People First Keighley & Craven FY2025£194k—0above—no doubt
PEOPLE FIRST INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY FY2025£5.5m——unclear—no doubt

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