FIRST GROWTH

Registered charity 1144538 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

First Growth aims to work with or make grants to organisations for general charitable purposes. The aims of First Growth are to:1. support children and young people;2. prevent or relieve poverty; and3. support education and research to enhance economic and community development. First Growth's aims fully reflect the purposes that the charity was set up to further.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SUCH PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY DETERMINE AND (SAVE FOR PURPOSES INCIDENTAL AND ANCILLARY TO THOSE OBJECTS), NO OTHER PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total funds are negative, with unrestricted reserves at £(2,086) as of 30 September 2025, compared to £(2,062) in the prior year. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and identified no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Thomas Laithwaitechair
• Barbara Laithwaite
• KAYE LOUISE LAITHWAITE
• VERONIKA LAITHWAITE

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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