The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

People Matters (West Yorkshire)

Registered charity 1170724 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Bradford City, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds City, City Of Wakefield

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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.

8 trustees on the board

4.6y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 8Education/training 8Economic/community Development/employment 7General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 2Health and social care 2Construction 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.1m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.9 in 2021

54 from 49 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
85%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.peoplemattersleeds.co.uk
Emailinfo@peoplemattersleeds.co.uk
Phone01132346896
Address191 BELLE VUE ROAD, LEEDS, LS3 1HG

Finances

£1,088,952 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£858,887£796,645
2022£924,030£907,196
2023£883,169£889,822
2024£1,042,205£936,299
2025£1,088,952£1,101,783

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHIN LEEDS AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY PREVENTING ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH HIDDEN DISABILITIES OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.(2) TO PROMOTE LEARNING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHIN LEEDS AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH HIDDEN DISABILITIES OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE THROUGH THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING TO PROMOTE INDEPENDENCE AND WELL-BEING AND/OR IN SUBJECTS OF EDUCATION VALUE.(3) TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH HIDDEN DISABILITIES OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WITHIN LEEDS AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT (BOTH PAID AND VOLUNTARY).

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 13 Dec 2016

Trustees (8)

8trustees
51median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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