FIRST STEPS (BATH)

Registered charity 1012690 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIRST STEPS CENTRE, FIRST STEPS CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (BATH), FIRST STEPS MOORLANDS, FIRST STEPS NURSERY (BATH)

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Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £46,249 for the year ended 31 March 2023, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, total incoming resources increased to £1,588,117, driven by a 22% rise in nursery fee income and continued specialist service contracts. The charity maintains free reserves of £400,285, which the trustees consider adequate against their policy target of two months' total expenditure.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/05/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• Dr Janet Rose
• Elisabeth Barratt Hacking
• ISOBEL MICHAEL · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Salkeld
• Jayanna Witt
• Lysha Goode
• MEG Gore
• Mir Abdullah Miri
• Pui Man Kwan
• Simon Andrews
• TRACEY FARWELL
• Tamsin Stephen
• VALERIE WHEELER

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.