First Steps New Forest

Analysis

First Steps New Forest is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Christchurch. It was registered in April 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, First Steps New Forest reported income of £31k and spending of £29k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £32k to £31k (-2.8%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, First Steps New Forest sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jenner Vaccine Foundation (£31k), Missao Crista Vida (£31k) and Stainborough Rotary CIO (£31k).