People First Independent Advocacy

Analysis

People First Independent Advocacy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in June 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05438407). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, People First Independent Advocacy reported income of £5.5m and spending of £4.9m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £5.5m (+256%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, People First Independent Advocacy sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kent Association for the Blind (£5.5m), Amref Health Africa (£5.5m) and Racing Welfare (£5.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, donations and legacies 7.3% and investments 1.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £765k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 129 people.