The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

First Stop Darlington

Registered charity 1073822 Registered since 1999

Operates: Darlington

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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.

5 trustees on the board

6y median 6y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

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

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

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 4Arts and leisure 1Finance 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£235k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.firststopdarlington.org.uk
Emailinfo@firststopdarlington.org.uk
Phone01325254463
Address32 Houndgate, Darlington, DL1 5RH

Finances

£235,037 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
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+

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)

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