First Step Opportunity Group

Analysis

First Step Opportunity Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hornchurch. It was registered in September 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04767369). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, First Step Opportunity Group reported income of £294k and spending of £335k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £360k to £294k (-18%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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 Step Opportunity Group sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anxiety UK (£294k), Care for Community Living Ltd (£294k) and Humen (£294k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.