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Registered charity · Carlisle

People First Independent Advocacy

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £5.5m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Throughout England
Website
wearepeoplefirst.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
People First Independent Advocacy
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.5m£4.9m
  • 2024£4.8m£4.8m
  • 2023£2.3m£2.0m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.9m£1.5m
  • 2021£1.5m£1.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 49% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH OR DISABILITY LEADING TO A LACK OF CAPACITY INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DIFFICULTY OR DEMENTIA;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY:I) PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADVICE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT LOCAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES;II) MAKING THE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOWN TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PROVIDERS;III) ENABLING LOCAL PEOPLE TO HAVE A VOICE IN THE DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY AND EQUALITY OF ACCESS TO LOCAL HEALTH AND CARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES;IV) PROVIDING TRAINING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS FOR VOLUNTEERS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY IN UNDERSTANDING, SCRUTINIZING, REVIEWING AND MONITORING LOCAL HEALTH AND CARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES;V) CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH INTO RELEVANT HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ISSUES AND MAKING PUBLIC THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH WORK.

Grants received

19 grants · £829,006 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002025-01-30
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £445,0002023-09-20
  • BBC Children in Need £5002022-10-20
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002021-12-03
  • BBC Children in Need £80,5002021-08-10
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

2.3y median 3y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
6.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 7Finance 2Health and social care 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£5.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.7 in 2021

129 from 56 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.
50%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1184112
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 MAY 2005AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 30 MAR 2010AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08 APR 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 SEP 2018AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 02 OCT 2018 as amended on 22 May 2024
Companies House
Company number 05438407 · Active
Contact on the register
03003038037 · admin@wearepeoplefirst.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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