Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

PEOPLE AND WORK UNIT 

The charity's objects are the advancement of education by carrying out and/or assisting in carrying out research, action and study associated with social and economic disadvantage and to promote education in all matters related to community organisations. The Unit undertakes action research programmes in partnership with community groups focusing on supporting people to gain qualifications.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Established: 40 years

www.peopleandwork.org.uk

admin@peopleandwork.org.uk

02920488536

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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
31/12/22£576£558£18£0£179£1433.11235
31/12/21£539£523£17£0£165£1062.41120
31/12/20£442£413£29n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/19£308£306£2n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/12/18£296£369£-73£0£0£0n/a0145
31/12/17£366£366£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£317£350£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£363£350£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£368£319£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£309£310£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£385£347£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£314£325£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£324£376£-53£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£405£390£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£365£339£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£348£511£-163£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£676£308£368£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£755£715£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£647£613£35£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 80%
Reserves/Spending: 3.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 5.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales,
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 12 employees
  • 35 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
Rank Foundation - CoL Core Grant People and Work 2023 - Full
£10,098 27/04/2023
People and Work received a Cost of Living Core Grant to help cover the cost of staff salaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cenhedlaeth Rhondda: PIAS Lles
£286,358 06/12/2022
People And Work Unit in Rhondda Cynon Taf will develop their 'play it again' sport project to include additional physical and wellbeing activities. They will focus on building the capacity skills and ....more
Rank Foundation - GOLDEN AWARDS PEOPLE AND WORK 2022
£20,000 23/03/2022
The Golden Award was given to People and Work to help young people and their families re-engage with learning and literacy, post-pandemic.
Rank Foundation - Resilience Fund People and Work 2020
£12,000 07/08/2020
To support core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Play It Again Sport
£99,490 21/06/2019
36
Project Summary :_x000D_ The project will collect unwanted sportswear from local communities as well as end of line clothing and equipment from sports companies to be recycled and re-sold at ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£45,000 05/03/2019
Rhondda 1000
National Lottery Community Fund - Rhondda Code Club Developer
£9,975 15/03/2018
12
Rhondda Code Club Developer
BBC Children in Need - Grant to People and Work Unit
£30,000 10/08/2017
36
This project will fund challenge-based activties for children and young people from disadvantaged areas. They will be more physically active, have improved relationships with others, and increase ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The People and Work Unit
£120,093 16/12/2015
36
Towards a project working with 14-25 year olds to develop youth-led solutions to improving outcomes for young people in Rhondda.
Tudor Trust - Grant to People and Work Unit (PWU)
£75,000 11/11/2013
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the salary and associated costs of a social action research project manager working with disadvantaged communities in Wales
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to People and Work Unit
£9,000 26/04/2013
The programme delivered within 5 disadvantaged areas will recruit and train volunteer community sports leaders. They will benefit by increasing their skills and qualifications, which in turn will ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The People and Work Unit
£107,428 28/03/2012
Towards the salary of a community support worker to co-ordinate community learning opportunities in Glyncoch.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The People and Work Unit
£101,386 12/06/2008
36
Towards Project costs Towards the salary of a community development worker to develop a model of community based support, guidance and encouragement for people to progress into and through further ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-80
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/06/1984, number: 515211
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/04/1984, number: 01809654
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
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

COMMUNITY ROOM
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Objectives

A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY CARRYING OUT AND/OR ASSISTING IN CARRYING OUT RESEARCH AND STUDY INTO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC B) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GENERAL, BUT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE PEOPLE GWENT (NOW MONMOUTHSHIRE, TORFAEN, NEWPORT, BLAENAU GWENT AND PARTS OF CAERPHILLY)

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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