PEOPLE MATTER TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 19 May 1997
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 03360047
Financial period: 1 November 2024 – 31 October 2025
Latest income: £452,078
Latest expenditure: £441,061
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Second Floor, 55 South Street, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4UT

Website recorded by the regulator: www.people-matter.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Relief of PovertyCounselling Servises for unemployedAdvancement of Religion

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 25 February 2026
Date Accounts Received: 25 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £452,078
Total Gross Expenditure: £441,061

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 17 February 2025
Date Accounts Received: 17 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £498,606
Total Gross Expenditure: £437,994

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 26 February 2024
Date Accounts Received: 26 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £430,938
Total Gross Expenditure: £399,540

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 8 February 2023
Date Accounts Received: 8 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £240,794
Total Gross Expenditure: £276,937

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 1 March 2022
Date Accounts Received: 1 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £233,280
Total Gross Expenditure: £238,306

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2026
Ar Received Date: 25 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £452,078
Total Gross Expenditure: £441,061
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Grants: £320,323
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 16

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Received Date: 17 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £498,606
Total Gross Expenditure: £437,994
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £7
Income From Government Grants: £357,970
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 22

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Received Date: 26 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £430,938
Total Gross Expenditure: £399,540
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £8
Income From Government Grants: £314,511
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 25

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Received Date: 8 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £240,794
Total Gross Expenditure: £276,937
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £7
Income From Government Grants: £84,552
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 35

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Received Date: 1 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £233,280
Total Gross Expenditure: £238,306
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £54,210
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 35

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: East Sussex
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: PEOPLE MATTER TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1997-05-19T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25TH APRIL 1997
Charitable Objects: TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS AMONGST UNEMPLOYED PERSONS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS REGARDLESS OF AGE SEX CREED ETHNIC ORIGIN OR COLOUR BY SUCH MEANS AS THE CHARITY SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME AS A MINISTRY OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY BY TRAINING OR ASSISTING UNEMPLOYED PERSONS TO OBTAIN TRAINING IN SUCH SKILLS AS WILL FIT THEM FOR EMPLOYMENT . FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUB-PARAGRAPH A PERSON WHO IS TEMPORARILY EMPLOYED OR EMPLOYED WHILE ENGAGED IN TRAINING OR ACQUIRING NEW SKILLS MAY BE TREATED BY THE CHARITY AS UNEMPLOYED.
Area Of Benefit: EASTBOURNE

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 383714
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: PEOPLE MATTER

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures