Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12

NORTH SOMERSET PEOPLE FIRST 

North Somerset People First promotes and encourages people with a learning disability, difficulty and/or autism to speak up for themselves, empowering them to be in control of their own lives, now and in the future.We facilitate speaking up forums, consultations, provide person centred planning & advocacy, employment & work experience, accessible training programmes & social events & activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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: 9 years

www.nspf.co.uk

michelle.burnett@nspf.co.uk

01934426086

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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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£282£278£3n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/22£265£265£0n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/21£270£296£-26n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/20£246£246£0n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/19£193£189£4n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/03/18£128£131£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£127£121£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£115£115£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 15 volunteers
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire,

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£499,900
Henry Smith Charity£173,800
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Quartet Community Foundation£44,404
DCMS£17,580
The Clothworkers Foundation£3,280
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - A Better Life Continued
£499,900 26/01/2023
The funding will allow the project to expand their mental health service for people with learning disabilities and/or autism. The project aims to improve participants' mental wellbeing.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to North Somerset People First
£50,000 07/12/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of North Somerset People First
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to North Somerset People First
£2,250 07/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to North Somerset People First
£39,440 16/06/2022
The provision of 1-1 support for people with a learning disability who are experiencing poor mental health and remain isolated as a result of the impact of the pandemic.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to North Somerset People First
£173,800 07/04/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing one-to-one and self advocacy for young people aged 16-25 with learning disabilities and/or autism in North Somerset.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£17,580 29/09/2020
"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
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to North Somerset People First
£3,280 06/05/2020
COVID19 : to purchase telephones, iPads and sim cards to support communications with our most vulnerable and isolated members
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to North Somerset People First
£4,964 27/04/2020
To support the additional mental health & emotional well-being needs of people with learning difficulties and/or autism whom are identified as vulnerable but that do not receive a social care ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - A Better Life
£446,449 21/03/2018
48
The funding will be used to support people in North Somerset with a learning disability or an associated condition such as Autism and Asperger Syndrome, who are also experiencing poor mental health. ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to North Somerset People First
£71,600 30/11/2017
36
North Somerset People First will support adults with a learning disability to live more independently and to choose where they live and who they live.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/11/2014, number: 1159184
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
  • 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
8 returns made; AR16: 1 days late,
Main office

The Campus
Highlands Lane
Weston-super-Mare
BS24 7DX

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS WHO LIVE OR WORK IN THE WEST COUNTRY AND ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF THEIR LEARNING DISABILITIES OR ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS BY: (I) PROVIDING TRAINING, FACILITATION OF WORK OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATION, INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND SELF-ADVOCACY; (II) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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