First Steps Nutrition Trust

Analysis

First Steps Nutrition Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, First Steps Nutrition Trust reported income of £222k and spending of £199k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £157k to £222k (+41%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 41%. 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 Nutrition Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Phoenix Health and Wellbeing (£222k), World Connect International, UK (£222k) and McCabe Educational Trust (£222k).