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People First Merseyside Company Limited
- 10 trustees
- Income £185k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andy Philip BowskillTrustee
- Emma GrangeTrustee · since 2017
- Geraldine Brigid McconaghyTrustee · since 2022
- Hannah Leah SmartTrustee · since 2023
- Keith Neil DaviesTrustee · since 2025
- Lesley CurranTrustee · since 2025
- Philip HumeTrustee · since 2017
- Rebecca Elizabeth FergusonTrustee · since 2026
- Susan Elizabeth WilliamsTrustee · since 2019
- Wilhelmina MullenTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Liverpool City, Sefton
- Website
- peoplefirstmerseyside.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- People First Merseyside Company Limited
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£185k£214k
- 2024£208k£245k
- 2023£212k£236k
Earlier years
- 2022£249k£275k
- 2021£308k£275k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 31%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1 ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES OR LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING FACILITIES AND WORKSHOPS IN SELF ADVOCACY AND RELATED AREAS INCLUDING:I ENABLING AND ASSISTING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND LEARNING DIFFICULTIES TO SPEAK UP FOR THEMSELVES, TO SHARE THE IDEAS AND VOICE OPINIONS WITH OTHERS;II ASSISTING AND ENABLING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND LEARNING DIFFICULTIES TO ENJOY THE SAME RIGHTS AS EVERYONE ELSE, TO ATTAIN GREATER INDEPENDENCE, FREEDOM OF CHOICE AND PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY.2 TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL, PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DIFFICULTY OR LEARNING DISABILITY.3 TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF SUCH NEEDS AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
Grants received
25 grants · £2,490,601 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 · £2,068,178 (9 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £169,386 (6 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £99,200
- People's Health Trust · £34,715
- Postcode Community Trust · £30,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Postcode Community Trust
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Andy Philip Bowskill
- Emma Grange since 2017
- Geraldine Brigid Mcconaghy since 2022
- Hannah Leah Smart since 2023
- Keith Neil Davies since 2025
- Lesley Curran since 2025
- Philip Hume since 2017
- Rebecca Elizabeth Ferguson since 2026
- Susan Elizabeth Williams since 2019
- Wilhelmina Mullen since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Emma Grange since 2017
- Philip Hume since 2017
- Susan Elizabeth Williams since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Andy Philip Bowskill
- Emma Grange since 2017
- Geraldine Brigid Mcconaghy since 2022
- Hannah Leah Smart since 2023
- Keith Neil Davies since 2025
- Lesley Curran since 2025
- Philip Hume since 2017
- Rebecca Elizabeth Ferguson since 2026
- Susan Elizabeth Williams since 2019
- Wilhelmina Mullen since 2022
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1124792
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 JUNE 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 26 JUNE 2006 AND 25 SEPTEMBER 2006
- Companies House
- Company number 05487998 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01513292137 · joannee@peoplefirst.uk.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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