COMMUNITIES FIRST FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1117143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIRST CALL HOUSING FOUNDATION

Communities First Foundation is a community Engagement, Support and Training agency. We primarily work with children and young people in sport and creative arts and with the wider community in regeneration, skills training, empowerment and advocacy issues. We also specialise in housing and the social housing environment.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£476k
Latest spending
£415k
Registered
2006

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2026£476k£415k
30/04/2025£359k£318k
30/04/2024£315k£354k
30/04/2023£462k£440k
30/04/2022£343k£328k

Common questions

Who funds COMMUNITIES FIRST FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITIES FIRST FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE PRET FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PRET FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2023£10kWindrush 365
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2021£9kThe Community Well-Being Service
Greater London Authority01/11/2020£6kNordic Walk Your Way to Fitness
The National Lottery Community Fund07/09/2016£9kShared Aims, Shared Paths - Community Action Planning (CAP)
London Borough of Hounslow20/07/2015£1kGrant to Communities First
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/08/2014£64k"Working life at the historic heart of Merton"
The National Lottery Community Fund18/06/2014£7kSocial Media For All - A Support & Interactive Workshop
The National Lottery Community Fund22/12/2011£8kEtailing - Including Excluded Communities
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/09/2010£45k"Our Estate Lives"
Sport England06/10/2009£47kThe B2B London Championships
The National Lottery Community Fund17/07/2009£9kLearn Through Sport