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FIRST FRUIT

Registered charity 1066749 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide the advancement education and relief of poverty of people in needy circumstances involving the provision of assistance and training for the development of skills in coping with life and employment. To promote the advancement of the Christian Faith.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.0m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free reserves of £1,234,618 and reports a net income surplus of £480,469 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees confirm the group is a going concern with adequate resources to meet liabilities as they fall due, supported by a portfolio of owned properties and stable social enterprise operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: First Fruit Trading Limited, Aspire Community Enterprise (East London) Ltd
“The group consolidated financial statements combine the results of the charitable company First Fruit and its subsidiary undertakings, Aspire Community Enterprise (East London) Ltd (dissolved 12 September 2023), First Fruit Trading Limited and Just Homes Charity.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Baldwin Scofield Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

FIRST FRUIT TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £30k
  • Profit before tax: £988
  • Amounts owed to group undertakings 3,000
ASPIRE COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE (EAST LONDON) LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • No specific intra-group transactions or balances are disclosed in the provided micro-entity accounts.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £3.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£2.0m
Total spending
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~9.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.0m£1.5m
31/03/2024£1.7m£1.2m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.1m
31/03/2022£1.6m£950k
31/03/2021£1.1m£893k

Common questions

Is FIRST FRUIT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds free reserves of £1,234,618 and reports a net income surplus of £480,469 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees confirm the group is a going concern with adequate resources to meet liabilities as they fall due, supported by a portfolio of owned properties and stable social enterprise operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Baldwin Scofield Ltd.

Who funds FIRST FRUIT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FIRST FRUIT as a grant recipient include LEMPRIERE PRINGLE 2015.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LEMPRIERE PRINGLE 2015FY2024£210k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£15k
Third Order, Society of Saint Francis1£4k
THE W A HANDLEY CHARITY TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FIRSTFRUITS GOSPEL FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FIRST FRUIT£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
FIRSTFRUITS GOSPEL FOUNDATION FY2025£1.9m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
GODFIRST CHRISTCHURCH FY2025£902k—0above—no doubt
TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH FY2025£141k£30,6320unclear—no doubt
THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP FY2025£226k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BROTHERS OF THE FIRST ORDER OF THE SOCIETY OF ST FRANCIS FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.