PEOPLE UNITED — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 17 November 2008
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 05905050
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £216,163
Latest expenditure: £270,798
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: c/o Kreston Reeves LLP, 37 St. Margarets Street, CANTERBURY, Kent, CT1 2TU

Website recorded by the regulator: www.peopleunited.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

People United is a participatory arts charity and creative laboratory. We use the arts to grow kind, caring and engaged communities.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 16 December 2025
Date Accounts Received: 16 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £216,163
Total Gross Expenditure: £270,798

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 19 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 19 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £243,535
Total Gross Expenditure: £219,359

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 14 December 2023
Date Accounts Received: 14 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £159,627
Total Gross Expenditure: £222,685

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 14 December 2022
Date Accounts Received: 14 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £174,947
Total Gross Expenditure: £192,901

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 20 December 2021
Date Accounts Received: 20 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £210,711
Total Gross Expenditure: £165,026

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 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 16 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £216,163
Total Gross Expenditure: £270,798
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £6,500
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 19 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £243,535
Total Gross Expenditure: £219,359
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £134,550
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: 3

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 14 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £159,627
Total Gross Expenditure: £222,685
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £3,000
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 14 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £174,947
Total Gross Expenditure: £192,901
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: £3
Income From Government Grants: £12,510
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 20 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £210,711
Total Gross Expenditure: £165,026
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: Yes
Charity Agreement Commerical Participator: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £10,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Kent
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

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

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

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

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: PEOPLE UNITED
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2015-04-29T00:00:00
Reason: Transfer of funds
Assoc Organisation Number: 1017562
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1017562
Assoc Charity Name: WORLD EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT GROUP (KENT)

Charity Name: PEOPLE UNITED
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2008-11-17T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/08/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/11/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/10/2013 as amended on 28 Sep 2022
Charitable Objects: (A) TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING, DEVELOPINGAND FACILITATING PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY USINGTHE ARTS AND SPORT, CREATED TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLSAMONGST CHILDREN AND ADULTS SO AS TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE EXPRESSIONS OFKINDNESS, EMPATHY AND TOLERANCE TOWARDS AND AMONGST PEOPLE WITHIN SCHOOLS,ORGANISATIONS AND THE COMMUNITY GENERALLY.(B) TO CARRY OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT RESEARCH INTO THE BEHAVIOURS OF KINDNESS,EMPATHY AND TOLERANCE AND THE VALUES AND ACTIONS RELEVANT TO THEM, INCLUDINGTHEIR POTENTIAL TO IMPACT UPON THE BEHAVIOUR OF PEOPLE AS CITIZENS AND THEDISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH.
Area Of Benefit: UNDEFIED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures