First Step Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland

Analysis

First Step Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, First Step Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland reported income of £304k and spending of £269k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £231k to £304k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, First Step Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Builth Wells Community Support (£304k), Brighter Futures (£305k) and The Noel Sweeney Foundation (£304k).