Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

PEOPLE MATTER TRUST 

Relief of PovertyCounselling Servises for unemployedAdvancement of Religion
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 27 years

www.people-matter.org.uk

ann@people-matter.org.uk

01323431289

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/10/23£431£400£31n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/10/22£241£277£-36n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/10/21£233£238£-5n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/10/20£268£211£57n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/10/19£182£192£-11n/an/an/an/an/a47
31/10/18£186£208£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/17£177£186£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/16£181£163£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15£160£150£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14£167£154£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13£155£146£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/12£110£120£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/11£110£94£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/10£96£118£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/09£88£70£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/08£54£48£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/07£53£54£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/06£48£45£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/05£48£45£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/04£94£106£-12£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 25 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£68,330
Sussex Community Foundation£26,480
Co-Operative Group£6,542
CAF£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The People Matter Trust
£10,000 14/07/2023
Funding was provided for their jobseekers programme in Heathfield.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to People Matter Charitable Trust
£6,480 17/11/2021
12
People Matters provides good quality, Matrix accredited, information, advice and guidance to job seekers alongside practical support to help them progress into sustained work. They offer tailored one ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to People Matter
£6,542 24/10/2020
We would like to help people with complex needs, for example those at risk of homelessness, find meaningful work with local businesses.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£68,330 19/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Our aims are to improve quality of life and increase the opportunities available to vulnerable members of our society. We take into account learning styles, life experience and aspirations, and address issues such as mental health and emotional resilience
£10,000 13/07/2020
People Matter support people to progress in work, training, education or volunteering including providing CV and interview skills. Funding is to pay staff salaries to keep advisers working, providing ....more
CAF - Grant to The People Matter Trust
£3,000 22/06/2020
3
Grant to The People Matter Trust to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Job Club
£7,154 25/10/2018
12
The organisation will use funding to update its IT systems and equipment. The project aims to provide practical skills based workshops, one-to-one support and confidence building to address the range ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to People Matter Charitable Trust
£60,000 17/11/2017
People Matter provides bespoke employment support to individuals in Eastbourne and Wealden. Funding was provided towards core costs for 3 years.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to People Matter Charitable Trust
£5,862 14/07/2017
11
People Matter provides bespoke employment support to individuals in Eastbourne and Wealden. Funding was provided towards project costs for a group of 40 people over the age of fifty. This will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Opportunity for all
£151,895 17/01/2013
36
This project in East Sussex will continue to develop and improve careers advice services to clients seeking employment. It aims to improve clients' confidence and skills through an expanding range of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteers Matter
£10,000 04/08/2011
12
This is a project by a registered charity and company limited by guarantee in East Sussex. The group will use the funding to purchase computers and IT equipment for volunteer use. This will ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 54-76
  • DAVID INGHAM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/05/1997, number: 1062467
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/04/1997, number: 03360047
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Second Floor
55 South Street
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN21 4UT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS AMONGST UNEMPLOYED PERSONS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS REGARDLESS OF AGE SEX CREED ETHNIC ORIGIN OR COLOUR BY SUCH MEANS AS THE CHARITY SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME AS A MINISTRY OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY BY TRAINING OR ASSISTING UNEMPLOYED PERSONS TO OBTAIN TRAINING IN SUCH SKILLS AS WILL FIT THEM FOR EMPLOYMENT . FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUB-PARAGRAPH A PERSON WHO IS TEMPORARILY EMPLOYED OR EMPLOYED WHILE ENGAGED IN TRAINING OR ACQUIRING NEW SKILLS MAY BE TREATED BY THE CHARITY AS UNEMPLOYED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EASTBOURNE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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