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Friends First

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £132k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where
East Sussex, West Sussex
Website
www.friendsfirst.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Friends First
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£132k£132k
  • 2024£129k£134k
  • 2023£139k£122k
Earlier years
  • 2022£124k£123k
  • 2021£91k£83k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 25%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED (THE "OBJECTS") ARE SUCH OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CARRIED OUT AS AN EXPRESSION OF CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING):- (A) TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS WHETHER IN CONNECTION WITH HOUSING OR ACCOMMODATION OR SHELTER OR ADDICTION OR ABUSE OR OFFENDING BEHAVIOUR OR LACK OF MEANINGFUL OCCUPATION OR SICKNESS OR ACCIDENT OR ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE IN ANY PART OR PARTS OF THE WORLD. (B) TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN ANY PART OR PARTS OF THE WORLD AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT.?

Grants received

9 grants · £93,804 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis

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

3.7y median 2y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (6)

6
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Education/training 6Other Charitable Purposes 6Accommodation/housing 1Religious Activities 1

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 12Business services 7Other services 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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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£132k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1094827
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 22ND MARCH 2002.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12 DEC 2018
Companies House
Company number 04402061 · Active
Contact on the register
01273840884 · office@friendsfirst.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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