Registered charity · Bradford
Bradford People First
- 9 trustees
- Income £77k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Surekha ThindChair · since 2012
- Alyssa Mae MclarenTrustee · since 2025
- Gary Owen AllsoppTrustee · since 2020
- Ian Stuart MargerisonTrustee · since 2024
- Jane MetcalfeTrustee · since 2022
- Maaryaah Samina KhanTrustee · since 2020
- Mehtab AhmedTrustee · since 2020
- Obaid MalikTrustee · since 2015
- Robert WardleTrustee · since 2011
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Bradford City
- Website
- www.bradfordpeoplefirst.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£77k£97k
- 2024£95k£123k
- 2023£117k£115k
Earlier years
- 2022£121k£90k
- 2021£120k£79k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 85%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES THROUGH SELF ADVOCACY.2) TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PROFESSIONALS AND PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN ISSUES RELATING TO LEARNING DISABILITIES.
Grants received
6 grants · £288,534 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £236,284 (4 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £52,250 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
9 trustees on the board
- Surekha Thind Chair since 2012
- Alyssa Mae Mclaren since 2025
- Gary Owen Allsopp since 2020
- Ian Stuart Margerison since 2024
- Jane Metcalfe since 2022
- Maaryaah Samina Khan since 2020
- Mehtab Ahmed since 2020
- Obaid Malik since 2015
- Robert Wardle since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- Surekha Thind Chair since 2012
- Gary Owen Allsopp since 2020
- Maaryaah Samina Khan since 2020
- Mehtab Ahmed since 2020
- Obaid Malik since 2015
- Robert Wardle since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Surekha Thind Chair since 2012
- Alyssa Mae Mclaren since 2025
- Gary Owen Allsopp since 2020
- Ian Stuart Margerison since 2024
- Jane Metcalfe since 2022
- Maaryaah Samina Khan since 2020
- Mehtab Ahmed since 2020
- Obaid Malik since 2015
- Robert Wardle since 2011
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1122294
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25/01/2005AS AMENDED ON 18/12/2007AS AMENDED ON 30/03/2011AS AMENDED ON 17 AUG 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01274953370 · office@bradfordpeoplefirst.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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