Registered charity · Kent
People United
People United is a registered charity (number 1126729) based in Kent, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £216k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £216k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.peopleunited.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- People United
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£216k£271k
- 2024£244k£219k
- 2023£160k£223k
Earlier years
- 2022£175k£193k
- 2021£211k£165k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING, DEVELOPINGAND FACILITATING PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY USINGTHE ARTS AND SPORT, CREATED TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLSAMONGST CHILDREN AND ADULTS SO AS TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE EXPRESSIONS OFKINDNESS, EMPATHY AND TOLERANCE TOWARDS AND AMONGST PEOPLE WITHIN SCHOOLS,ORGANISATIONS AND THE COMMUNITY GENERALLY.(B) TO CARRY OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT RESEARCH INTO THE BEHAVIOURS OF KINDNESS,EMPATHY AND TOLERANCE AND THE VALUES AND ACTIONS RELEVANT TO THEM, INCLUDINGTHEIR POTENTIAL TO IMPACT UPON THE BEHAVIOUR OF PEOPLE AS CITIZENS AND THEDISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH.
Grants received
14 grants · £780,910 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
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £478,320 (5 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £127,300
- John Ellerman Foundation · £75,600
- Postcode Community Trust · £35,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £30,590 (4 grants)
Most recent
- Postcode Community Trust
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Benjamin Charles Payne since 2022
- Dr Abhay Adhikari since 2025
- Jaweria Abdal since 2025
- Michele Bridget Gregson since 2019
- Natalie Melton since 2021
- Peter Dyer since 2023
- Valerie Synmoie since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Michele Bridget Gregson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Dr Abhay Adhikari since 2025
- Jaweria Abdal since 2025
- Natalie Melton since 2021
- Peter Dyer since 2023
- Valerie Synmoie since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Benjamin Charles Payne since 2022
- Michele Bridget Gregson since 2019
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.
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1126729
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/08/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/11/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/10/2013 as amended on 28 Sep 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 05905050 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07955 373270 · info@peopleunited.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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