The First Step LTD

Registered charity 1054533 Registered since 1996

Operates: Knowsley

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

Alison Hulse Mrs since 2024
Germaine Fryer since 2022
Hayley Thornton since 2022
Heather Roche since 2022
Jessica Privilege since 2022
Kevin Rigby since 2018
Malka Livingstone Mrs since 2022

4.3y median 4y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Kevin Rigby since 2018

4.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Alison Hulse Mrs since 2024
Germaine Fryer since 2022
Hayley Thornton since 2022
Heather Roche since 2022
Jessica Privilege since 2022
Kevin Rigby since 2018
Malka Livingstone Mrs since 2022

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 7Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 6

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£1.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

6.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.6 in 2021

27 from 17 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

63%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Milton Keynes Womens AID Similar size; both Housing
Caia Park Partnership Limited Similar size; both Housing
Safe Haven London Similar size; both Housing
Blackburn and Darwen District Without Abuse Limited Similar size; both Housing
Hill Holt Wood Similar size; both Housing
Vivensa Foundation Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.thefirststep.org.uk
Email	enquiries@thefirststep.org.uk
Phone	01515483333
Address	FIRST STEP CENTRE, Old Schoolhouse, St Johns Road, Huyton, LIVERPOOL, L36 0UX

Finances

£1,404,742 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£712,747	£700,544
2022	£882,180	£855,441
2023	£1,095,043	£998,411
2024	£1,515,806	£1,303,349
2025	£1,404,742	£1,300,628

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE PROVISION OF SERVICES DIRECTED TOWARDS THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE RELIEF AND SUPPOT OF PERSONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE IN DANGER OF SUFFERING VIOLENCE FROM PERPETRATORS KNOWN TO THEM. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF VOLUNTARY AND STATUTORY AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,ITS CAUSES AND PREVENTION.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/03/1996AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 25/11/2014

Trustees (7)

7trustees

50median age

1aged 70+

Alison Hulse Mrs since 2024
Germaine Fryerage band 50-54 since 2022
Hayley Thorntonage band 50-54 since 2022
Heather Rocheage band 50-54 since 2022
Jessica Privilegeage band 35-39 since 2022
Kevin Rigbyage band 70-74 since 2018
Malka Livingstone Mrs since 2022

Linked company (Companies House)

The First Step LTD · 03172572 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 14/03/1996

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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