PEOPLE SPEAK UP LTD

Registered charity 1193117 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PEOPLE SPEAK UP

People Speak Up is a social, arts & health, mental health and well-being organisation based in The Ffwrnes Fach, The Old Zion Chapel in Llanelli and works across South West Wales. We offer training, volunteering, workshops, one to one be-friending and events for individuals and communities to find their voice.

Objects

THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT USING THE MEDIUM OF ARTS, PERFORMANCE AND CONVERSATION BASED ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES:-1) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL OR DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP, AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).2) TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.3) TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £13,234 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net reserves from £128,479 to £115,245. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, noting that projects are only committed to when funding is available. Unrestricted reserves stood at £91,690, which is below the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Abbie Elizabeth Hudson
• Jacquelin Marie Davies
• Martin O'Reilly
• Rana Galal Almawazini
• Summar Jade Ackery
• Yvonne Frances Hutchinson-Ruff

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIGHTON & HOVE SPEAK OUT.

• BRIGHTON & HOVE SPEAK OUT income £331k
• PEOPLE'S VOICE MEDIA income £184k
• SPEAKEASY NOW income £202k
• SPEAK OUT IN HOUNSLOW income £283k
• Let's Talk Well income £3.4m
• SPEAKERS TRUST LIMITED income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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