First Fruit

Registered charity 1066749 Registered since 1997

Operates: Throughout London

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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.

6 trustees on the board

9y median 8.5y

average tenure

16y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Charles Oham since 2010
Julia Margaret Acott since 2013

21.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

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 6Education/training 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

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 15Other services 5Business services 1

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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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£2.0m 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.

9.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 17.0 in 2021

15 from 13 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.

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

Winchester Housing Trust Limited Similar size; both Housing
West Lancashire Crisis and Information Centre Similar size; both Housing
Emmaus Cambridge Similar size; both Housing
Herts Young Homeless Group Similar size; both Housing
The Toybox Charity Similar size; both Housing
Donnington House Care Home Limited Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.firstfruit.org.uk
Email	info@firstfruit.org.uk
Phone	02085191454
Address	34 Norwich Road, London, E7 9JH

Finances

£1,997,808 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,088,625	£892,771
2022	£1,610,127	£949,802
2023	£1,293,805	£1,110,347
2024	£1,679,700	£1,239,851
2025	£1,997,808	£1,517,340

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingReligious ActivitiesEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IN PARTICULAR:- (1) THE TEACHING AND PRACTICE OF AND TRAINING IN EVANGELISM (2) THE HARVESTING OF THE POTENTIAL SKILLS OF PEOPLE FOR SERVICE TO OTHERS ACCORDING TO BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES IN EACH CASE IN DEMONSTRATION OF THE CHURCH'S MISSION IN THE WORLD AND ENCOURAGING THE CHURCHES TO WORK TOGETHER TO THESE ENDS (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TRAINING OF PEOPLE IN NEEDY CIRCUMSTANCES IN EMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESS SKILLS (C) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ASSISTANCE TO AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE IN NEEDY CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO THEIR DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR COPING WITH LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 2ND DECEMBER 1997

Trustees (6)

6trustees

57median age

0aged 70+

Peter Sellage band 65-69 Chair
Andrew Firmanage band 55-59 since 2023
Christina Isaacage band 55-59
Charles Ohamage band 55-59 since 2010
Julia Margaret Acottage band 65-69 since 2013
Mark Peter Clementsage band 55-59 since 2022

Linked company (Companies House)

First Fruit · 03477267 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 02/12/1997

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

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