Peoples Needs

Registered charity 1126860 · since 2008peoplesneeds.org·Africa, Bangladesh, Birmingham, India, Rajasthan, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom·Updated 31 October 2026

At a glance

£385k

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

Peoples Needs describes its work as humanitarian aid through healthcare, social welfare facilities, refugee aid, orphan and widow support, education and skills training, so a project in one of those areas is the clearest fit.
Its geographic focus line lists the UK, Birmingham, Rajasthan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Africa, so check that your project's location is among them.
No grant range or typical grant size is stated, and the annual report's total of £385,082 may include grants to individuals, so ask for a modest, project-specific sum and do not assume that total shows what organisations receive.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis through the organisation application form, which asks for project aims, the funds required and how they will be used and disseminated, and you should send audited accounts for the last three years.
No information is given on how competitive funding is or whether relationships matter, and no exclusions are stated, so a newer or smaller organisation with a clear project in these areas is not ruled out.

Overview

Peoples Needs is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1126860).

Peoples Needs is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales that describes its work as humanitarian aid for people in deprived regions. Its stated purposes include relieving financial hardship for people in Birmingham and its surrounding area, advancing education, and providing facilities in the interests of social welfare, recreation and leisure. It was founded in Birmingham with a vision of humanitarian work, and its projects include healthcare, social welfare facilities, refugee humanitarian aid, orphan and widow support, education and skills training. Its annual giving was £385,082 in its latest annual report, though that total may include grants to individuals.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Peoples Needs describes its work as humanitarian aid for people in deprived regions. Its projects include healthcare, social-welfare facilities, refugee humanitarian aid, support for orphans and widows, education, and skills training to build independent livelihoods. It also reports work alleviating poverty, supplying water to widows and poor people, providing free eye care, supporting students and constructing schools, and helping young people and senior citizens with forms, office supplies and employment advice. Its approach is to develop independence and sustainable communities. Organisations can apply for project support through a dedicated form, which requests project aims, a breakdown of funds required and an account of how the funds will be used.

Themes

Healthcare
Social welfare facilities
Refugee humanitarian aid
Orphan & widow support
Education
Skills training
Water supply

Geographic Focus

Priority: The UK; Birmingham; Rajasthan; India; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka; Africa.

How to apply

Organisations apply through the organisation application form, describing the project aims, the funds required and how the funds will be used and disseminated.

What to send:

Organisation’s audited accounts for last three years

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Africa
Bangladesh
India
Sri Lanka
United Kingdom
Birmingham
Rajasthan

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Peoples Needs.

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 5 April 2021	£558,078	£502,452	—	Accounts for year to 5 April 2021
year to 5 April 2022	£560,931	£502,857	—	Accounts for year to 5 April 2022
year to 5 April 2023	£492,785	£484,656	—	Accounts for year to 5 April 2023
year to 5 April 2024	£470,365	£389,640	—	Accounts for year to 5 April 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£476,429	£408,772	£385,082	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.