Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

CAMDEN PEOPLE FIRST 

None Statutory Advocacy support services- enabling individual with a learning disability to be empowered to speak up for themselves or their peers.Disability hate crime project- support individual with a learning disability to report hate crime to the police.Easy Read and communication service - support with editing.Advice and guidance - support with welfare benefit and housing issues.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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

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£56£70£-14n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22*£100£92£7n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/21£123£99£24n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/03/20£115£105£10n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£35£47£-13n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/18*£70£67£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£59£63£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£52£66£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£60£62£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£37£39£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£34£32£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£33£33£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£35£27£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£35£26£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£32£42£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£95£104£-9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years

www.camdenpeoplefirst.org.uk

info@camdenpeoplefirst.co.uk

02073882007

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Camden,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 volunteers

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Camden People First
£14,203 19/06/2020
£14,203 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - Disability Hate and Mate Crime
£200,131 01/02/2019
36
Disability Hate and Mate Crime
National Lottery Community Fund - No One Can Stop Us
£5,809 31/08/2018
12
The group will support people living with learning / intellectual disabilities to raise awareness within the community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 58-73
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/04/2007, number: 1118732
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/09/2005, number: 05562231
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
16 returns made; AR22: 8 days late, AR18: 28 days late, AR15: 110 days late, AR09: 146 days late,
Main office

215 Eversholt Street
Ampthill Square
London

Objectives

1. TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES LIVING OR WORKING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN THROUGH SERVICES WHICH ENABLE PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES TO OBTAIN THEIR FULL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS CITIZENS;2. TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN SELF-ADVOCACY; AND3. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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