Overall GiG Score: 21 ?
Finance Score: 9
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 11
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

PEEPLE 

Delivery of Peep Learning Together programme to parents/carers and children under 5 via groups, visits, drop ins and nursery/preschool provision in Oxford; practitioner mentoring and training nationally; development of learning resources and training materials. Accreditation of parents' learning via Scottish Qualifications Authority. Promotion of the Peep Learning Together programme in Scotland.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Income generation is well diversified
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Established: 12 years

www.peeple.org.uk

info@peeple.org.uk

01865397975

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,094£1,188£-94£57£495£4955400
31/03/22£1,132£1,036£96£48£589£5896.8400
31/03/21£941£876£65£22£493£4936.7411
31/03/20£902£902£0£71£428£4285.7360
31/03/19£881£859£22£51£428£4286292
31/03/18£1,035£1,017£18£88£406£2002.4330
31/03/17£879£788£91£65£388£1822.8320
31/03/16£808£838£-30£98£297£911.3270
31/03/15£941£789£152£125£327£1762.7250
31/03/14£690£673£16£129£176£1753.1160
31/03/13£826£666£160£156£160£1592.9160

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 55%
Liabilities/Income: 56%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 40 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£299,965
Oxfordshire Community Foundation£239,178
Dulverton Trust£65,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
BBC Children in Need£27,100
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Dulverton Trust - Growing Minds Project
£35,000 07/06/2023
Growing Minds Project
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Growing Minds
£119,505 27/06/2022
36
Growing Minds aims to improve school readiness in two areas of disadvantage by providing a continuum of support for families from birth until their child is five. It is a place-based, universal ....more
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Peeple
£9,271 23/03/2022
Grant to Peeple
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Peep Antenatal Project
£5,000 23/07/2021
10
Grant to Peeple
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Peeple
£50,201 07/07/2021
Grant to Peeple
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Peeple
£299,965 04/03/2021
36
Develop, pilot and evaluate an innovative intervention to train practitioners and parents to support STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) development in very young children.
Dulverton Trust - Peeple's core costs
£30,000 21/10/2020
Peeple's core costs
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - COVID-19 Organisational survival following Covid-19
£5,000 12/06/2020
2
Advice & support - continuation of the Growing Minds programme in a different format whilst unable to operate face-to-face.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Peeple
£10,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Peeple
£50,201 22/01/2020
Grant to Peeple
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Peeple
£27,100 08/08/2019
36
This project will provide group sessions to parents with young children who are experiencing developmental and language issues. Children will improve their communication and language skills, have ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Parents and Children Learning Together
£8,964 30/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver learning and development sessions to parents and their children aged 0-4. The project aims to improve the life chances of children at risk of educational ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 16/04/2019
Emergency application for core funds from Peeple
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Peeple
£50,000 26/03/2019
12
Towards the sustainability of an organsiation working to support the home learning environment
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Peeple
£150,000 09/02/2011
Towards the salary of a new director to diversify PEEP's training and run its service throughout Oxfordshire, freeing up the chief executive to focus on further national programme dissemination and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 59-76
  • DAVID BAILEY (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • DR MARY WILD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: University Professor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/12/2011, number: 1144975
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/02/2011, number: 07514469
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Peeple Centre
Littlemore
Oxford
OX4 6JZ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN; AND2) TO PROMOTE, COMMISSION, CARRY OUT AND DISSEMINATE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EARLY YEARS AND OTHER EDUCATION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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