People Charity

Analysis

People Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07575323). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, People Charity reported income of £13k and spending of £20k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £33k to £13k (-62%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, People Charity sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Faith Works Gospel Church (£13k), The Emily Matilda Easton Benefaction (1908) (£13k) and The Robert Henry Falkner Almshouses (£13k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.