Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -13

Support Score: 3

Future income +5
No PartB

Submission defaults: -10
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Multiple returns filed late: -2

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -5

WIGAN & LEIGH PEOPLE FIRST

Wigan & Leigh People First is a user led self advocacy charity for people with Learning Disabilities. We try and make sure that people with learning disabilities have a voice and are listened too. We listen to what our members have to say and campaign about the things that are important to them. We develop projects that support the hopes & dreams of our membership.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There have been multiple defaults for filing returns
Why are there only 4 trustees?
Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/21		£74	£76	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	*	£84	£87	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£78	£73	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	*	£59	£95	£-36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£101	£90	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£91	£76	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£93	£72	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	*	£62	£69	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13	*	£61	£57	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12	*	£64	£50	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£46	£52	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£38	£43	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

www.wlpf.org.uk

info@wlpf.org.uk

01942728748

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Wigan,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
People's Health Trust - Connected
£40,000	30/03/2021 24	A two-year project enabling people with learning disabilities in Wigan to increase their connectedness. The project supports people to connect despite Covid-19, delivering weekly sessions that offer peer social networking, wellbeing support, and ....more A two-year project enabling people with learning disabilities in Wigan to increase their connectedness. The project supports people to connect despite Covid-19, delivering weekly sessions that offer peer social networking, wellbeing support, and digital skills development to combat the growing digital divide which has been identified for this group. The sessions also offer a degree of community outreach, enabling participants to be more aware of opportunities in the community. Participants have the opportunity to further develop and shape this work through providing feedback during sessions and participating in a steering group.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Wigan and Leigh People First
£4,185	19/11/2018	We want to create a safe space for vulnerable adults with Learning Disabilities to make friends and connect with their local community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Speak Up Speak Out
£287,715	15/03/2012 60	A new project in Wigan to provide people with learning disabilities with a greater awareness of their rights and help them to develop skills necessary to enable them to speak up, speak out and have more control over their own lives, more involvement ....more A new project in Wigan to provide people with learning disabilities with a greater awareness of their rights and help them to develop skills necessary to enable them to speak up, speak out and have more control over their own lives, more involvement in decision making and more representation in the community.resumptions about their ability to contribute and have fewer opportunities to take control over their own lives.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Report It Project
£10,000	18/08/2011 12	This charity in Wigan, Lancashire, will use funding to offer a new additional programme enabling people with learning disabilities to have access to a weekly drop in service, to provide information on social/health care and how to report hate ....more This charity in Wigan, Lancashire, will use funding to offer a new additional programme enabling people with learning disabilities to have access to a weekly drop in service, to provide information on social/health care and how to report hate crimes. This will provide an additional support network within a safe environment for people with learning disabilities.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Wigan and Leigh People First
£20,000	28/07/2011	the running costs of the Tuesday Group which includes facilitation costs (salary of the Advocacy Co-ordinator), venue hire, printing stationery & resources including a contribution towards overheads.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Gender Split

ADRIAN SHONE

CARL BRIDDEN

JODIE PEEL Appointed: 2013

LIAM MCGUIRK Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/12/2008, number: 1127251

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; AR20: 123 days late, AR18: 271 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR12: 1 days late,

Main office

1-3 Heath Street
Golborne
WARRINGTON
WA3 3BN

Objectives

TO HELP PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES TO SPEAK UP FOR THEMSELVES.TO SPEAK UP FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES WHO CANNOT SPEAKGIVE PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES THE CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT MATTERS TO THEM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WIGAN LEIGH AND SURROUNDING AREA.

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