Secondary First

Analysis

Secondary First is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edgware. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09920657). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Secondary First reported income of £23k and spending of £138k, spending 612% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £138k to £23k (-84%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 54%. 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, Secondary First sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nias Wheatley Charitable Trust (£23k), Greave School Parents Association (£23k) and Miles Trust for the Putney and Roehampton Community (£23k).