Peeple

Analysis

Peeple is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07514469). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Peeple reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.7m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £941k to £1.9m (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Peeple sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shrewsbury School Foundation (£1.9m), Demos (£1.9m) and The Media Trust (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 38%, charitable activities 37% and trading 23%. Charitable activities took 12% of spending and raising funds 86%. Reserves of £623k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 52 people.