First Steps Ed

Analysis

First Steps Ed is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derby. It was registered in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, First Steps Ed reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.4m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £545k to £1.4m (+157%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Ed sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caia Park Partnership Limited (£1.4m), Swansea Bay University LHB Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities (£1.4m) and Army Families Federation (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and donations and legacies 5.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £38k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.1%. Reserves of £664k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 39 people.