First Stop Darlington

Registered charity 1073822 Registered since 1999

Operates: Darlington

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

6y median 6y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

8.7y

average years in governance

4 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Disability 5General Charitable Purposes 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

Commercial experience

Health and social care 4Arts and leisure 1Finance 1

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Contact

Website	www.firststopdarlington.org.uk
Email	info@firststopdarlington.org.uk
Phone	01325254463
Address	32 Houndgate, Darlington, DL1 5RH

Finances

£235,037 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£239,584	£168,989
2022	£143,588	£149,587
2023	£196,344	£219,077
2024	£263,371	£262,554
2025	£235,037	£231,629

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityRecreationOther Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

3.The Charity?s objects (?the Objects?) are the relief of those persons in the Borough of Darlington and its surrounding areas, who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress, in particular by the provision of a centre from which advice, support, training and other activities are delivered to help them towards wellbeing and work.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/10/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/10/2011 as amended on 09 Feb 2021 as amended on 16 Mar 2021

Trustees (5)

5trustees

61median age

0aged 70+

Bernadette Mary Chapmanage 64 since 2016
Christine Tarranage 57 since 2025
David Hemingwayage 54 since 2025
Debra Irvingage 64 since 2020
John William Kilgour since 2014

Linked company (Companies House)

First Stop Darlington · 03647391 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/10/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

The Watson Hope Foundation 1 shared trustee

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