FIRST DAYS CHILDREN'S CHARITY

Registered charity 1157855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIRST DAYS

The prevention or relief of poverty in the UK by providing goods and services, particularly but not exclusively the provision of equipment, clothing and other goods and services for babies and children, to individuals in need and/or other charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') ARE:(A) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE BOROUGH OF WOKINGHAM (AND IN OTHER SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME SEE FIT) BY PROVIDING GOODS AND SERVICES, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, CLOTHING AND OTHER GOODS FOR BABIES AND CHILDREN, TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR OTHER CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.(B) AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE ORGANISATION.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wokingham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a decrease of £84,521 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £77,749. The trustees note that this level of reserves is below their stated policy target of holding three months of core operating costs. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 6 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — First Days Children's Charity (matched by registered charity number).

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (62% 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: 9.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert James Cantchair
• Emma Christine Paterson
• Emma Louise Nolan-Richardson
• HAYLEY BLAKEMAN
• KATHERINE HELEN SKILTON
• Louise Brown
• Sarah Elizabeth Rastrick Chaytor

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILD FIRST (UK).

• CHILD FIRST (UK) income £52k
• FRONTLINE CHILDREN income £13k
• THE CHILDHOOD TRUST income £3.3m
• VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY income £7.2m
• CHARMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL income £189k
• CHILD FIRST TRUST income £222k

Side by side with its peers

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