First Rung Ltd

Analysis

First Rung Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in June 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02171777). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, First Rung Ltd reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.1m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £2.3m (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, First Rung Ltd sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British Institute of Innkeeping (£2.3m), Leeds Beckett Students' Union (£2.3m) and St Paul's Waldorf School (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £608k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 37 people.