People and Work Unit

Analysis

People and Work Unit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in June 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01809654). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, People and Work Unit reported income of £255k and spending of £339k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £539k to £255k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, People and Work Unit sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Matthew 25 Mission (£255k), The Society for Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men (£256k) and Bristol Taleem-Ul-Islam Trust (£255k).