First Growth

Analysis

First Growth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in November 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07791986). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, First Growth reported income of £38k and spending of £38k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £43k to £38k (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 211%. Over the whole period it spent 140% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, First Growth sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kalev Gemach Limited (£38k), Foursquare Gospel Church, Essex (£38k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God Revival Chapel (£37k).