First Stop Centre (Mid-Essex Branch)

Analysis

First Stop Centre (Mid-Essex Branch) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Braintree. It was registered in April 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, First Stop Centre (Mid-Essex Branch) reported income of £83k and spending of £116k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £123k to £83k (-33%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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 Stop Centre (Mid-Essex Branch) sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Walser's Tanzania Charity (£83k), Southgate Community Partnership (£83k) and Narconon United Kingdom (£83k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.