FIRST GIVE

Registered charity 1156416 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE PROVISION OF A GIVING AND SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMME. STUDENTS ACROSS A SECONDARY SCHOOL YEAR GROUP TAKE PART IN A PROGRAMME THAT SEES THEM UNDERSTAND SOCIAL ISSUES, RESEARCH AND CONNECT WITH LOCAL CHARITIES WHO THEY SUPPORT THROUGH SOCIAL ACTION. CLASSES COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER AT A SCHOOL FINAL TO SHOWCASE THEIR SOCIAL ACTION PROJECTS, WITH THE WINNING CLASS WINNING £1,000 FOR THEIR CHARITY

Causes: Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £49,413 for the year, with total income growing by 2.4% to £907,531. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £388,471 represent approximately four months of operating costs, which is within the stated policy target of three to six months. The charity is considered a going concern with adequate financial resources to manage business risks beyond the next 12 months.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — First Give (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Jack Petchey Foundation — “The First Give programme delivers impressive results for schools and their communities – this positive social impact provides us with a fant…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (82% 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: 9.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daryl Fieldingchair
• Alice Ward
• Fabian Gupta De Fabiani
• Michael Francis Durham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Sara Mandelbaum

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GIVINGWORKS.

• GIVINGWORKS income £1.4m
• GIVE US A CHANCE income £567k
• SHINE@NECHELLSPOD income £186k
• FIRSTSITE LIMITED income £2.4m
• INTERNATIONAL NEEDS UK income £1.1m
• STEMETTE FUTURES income £865k

Side by side with its peers

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