Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 11
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

PEOPLE FIRST DORSET 

People First Dorset empowers people with learning disabilities to be independent, have their voices heard and be included in community life.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 19 years

www.peoplefirstdorset.org.uk

sara.whistance@peoplefirstdorset.org.uk

01305257600

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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
31/03/23£167£269£-102n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/03/22£258£270£-12n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/03/21£306£253£53n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/20£153£215£-62n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/19£149£189£-40n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/18£172£162£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£240£145£95£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£158£132£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£140£175£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£212£228£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£215£216£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£233£228£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£251£231£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£235£224£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£191£165£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£167£170£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£178£206£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£191£170£21£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 24 volunteers
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£217,345
Henry Smith Charity£140,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£85,250
Somerset Community Foundation£52,417
People's Health Trust£51,906
DCMS£15,095
Quartet Community Foundation£4,978
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to People First Dorset
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
People's Health Trust - The Friendship Club
£8,920 18/07/2022
This two-year project is for adults with learning disabilities in Weymouth and Portland and Bridport. It aims to build social connections among participants, reducing the isolation they experience as ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to People First Dorset
£140,000 07/04/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing self advocacy groups for people with learning disabilities across Dorset.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to People First Dorset
£50,000 08/09/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of People First Dorset
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 distributing newsletter and restarting activities for people with learning disabilities
£4,352 28/05/2021
COVID19 distributing newsletter and restarting activities for people with learning disabilities
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£15,095 08/07/2020
"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
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Easy Read newsletter for adults with learning disabilities
£3,080 30/06/2020
2
Grant to People First Dorset
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to People First Dorset
£33,000 21/05/2020
12
One year core funding to support People First Dorset to sustain their work to support work addressing Learning Disabilities Complex Social Issue (CSI) during COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Speaking Up
£217,345 20/12/2019
37
People First Dorset empowers people with learning disabilities. The funding will be used to continue running 6 monthly Speaking Up Groups and set up 4 fortnightly Action Groups. The Action Groups ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Money Made Easy
£4,978 23/09/2019
11
Workshops to help people with learning disabilities to manage money and avoid debt.
Somerset Community Foundation - Martock community development
£15,000 07/08/2019
11
Developing the capacity and sustainability of community inclusion projects for adults with learning disabilities in Martock
People's Health Trust - Speaking Up
£42,986 16/05/2019
This two-year project delivered ‘Speaking Up’ and action groups for people with learning disabilities living in Weymouth and Portland in Dorset. Sessions supported people to enhance their ....more
Somerset Community Foundation - Our Voice
£29,985 08/05/2019
23
Self advocacy groups for adults with learning disabilities in Street, Glastonbury and Minehead
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£6,000 01/01/2019
As a user-led organisation, the exact focus of the Speak Up group will be determined by its members. But we expect the project to build the skills and confidence of women with learning disabilities ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to People First Dorset
£4,264 19/11/2018
We'll use the money to help run Friendship Club events in and around Dorchester for people with learning disabilities.
Quartet Community Foundation - Money Made Easy
£4,571 03/01/2018
11
For the Money Made Easy project, providing a series of workshops to help adults with learning disabilities understand personal finances and avoid debt.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Dorset People First
£44,000 05/07/2017
24
supporting those with a learning disability to self advocate, gain support and represent their peers. The grant will fund core and direct delivery costs including salaries, rent, monitoring and ....more
Comic Relief - Speak Up
£103,625 30/09/2015
36
People with learning disabilities are often not consulted or not heard. People First Dorset is giving a voice to people with learning difficulties so that they can speak up and influence the services ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Dorset People First
£44,000 09/09/2015
24
supporting those with a learning disability to self advocate, gain support and represent their peers. The grant will fund core and direct delivery costs including salaries, rent, monitoring and ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Dorset People First
£19,200 21/01/2013
Dorset People First supports people with learning disabilities to speak up. This project will strengthen the management and develop the charity including training and supporting someone with a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Talking Independence
£10,000 12/01/2012
12
This is a project by a charity in West Dorset. The group will use funding to work with young people with learning disabilities to create a resource film about effective communication. This will then ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Friendship Club
£287,126 08/09/2010
48
This project addresses the issue of social isolation faced by adults with learning disabilities in Dorset, by providing opportunities for them to socialise, make friends and have relationships in the ....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: 53-79
  • GRAHAM WATERS (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Chief Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/11/2004, number: 1106963
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/07/2004, number: 05189356
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR16: 10 days late,
Main office

People First Dorset
Unit 2
Herringston Barn
Herringston
Dorchester
DT2 9PU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITY PURPOSE (INCLUDING THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL INCLUSION) FOR THE BENEFIT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES (“INDIVIDUALS”) ASSISTING THESE INDIVIDUALS TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY:(1) ENABLING INDIVIDUALS TO BE SELF-ADVOCATES PROVIDING WORKSHOPS, FORUMS AND GENERAL SUPPORT;(2) PROVIDING LOCAL SUPPORT GROUPS THAT ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO INTEGRATE AND PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY AND BUILD CONFIDENCE IN THEMSELVES;(3) ENABLING AND SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS TO LEARN NEW SKILLS THAT WILL ASSIST THEM IN PROGRESSING TOWARDS A MORE INDEPENDENT AND FULL LIFE, PARTICIPATING MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY AND IMPROVING THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING;(4) PROVIDING SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHICH PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AND INDEPENDENCE;(5) INCREASING, OR CO-ORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ENGAGE BETTER WITH THE BODIES WHICH PROVIDE ANY SERVICES THAT INDIVIDUALS USE AND TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS;(6) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING INDIVIDUALS, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION; AND(7) OFFERING GUIDANCE, SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO THE FAMILIES AND SUPPORTERS OF INDIVIDUALS IN RELATION TO THE CARE AND SUPPORT OF INDIVIDUALS (TO THE EXTENT THAT IT BENEFITS THE INDIVIDUAL).?

Defined Area of Benefit:

THROUGHOUT ENGLAND, NORTHERN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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