Skip to content
Governance Register
Sign inFind yourself
Find yourselfSign in
Search How it works For organisations For professionals

Edition

United Kingdom (current)IrelandUnited StatesNew ZealandCanadaAustraliaScotlandNorthern Ireland

Registered charity · Hornchurch

First Step Opportunity Group

First Step Opportunity Group is a registered charity (number 1106002) based in Hornchurch, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Simon Richard Powell since 2023. Latest income £294k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £294k (2025)
How am I connected?
More
View network map Report an issue

The people who lead this organisation are listed below. Create a free account to save it, get alerts and check how you are connected.

Official record Charity Commission · updated 25th October 2026 · Sources · Free, no card or password

Network

The large node is First Step Opportunity Group. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Click any node to explore.

Who leads it

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

Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works

Similar charities are matched by type of organisation or purpose and listed by latest income; shared trustees are formal board links. Neither is proof the organisations work together.

About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Havering
Website
www.firststep.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
First Step Opportunity Group
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£294k£335k
  • 2024£316k£397k
  • 2023£352k£393k
Earlier years
  • 2022£172k£265k
  • 2021£360k£307k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government contracts 4% · Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, RESIDING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INA CARING ENVIRONMENT THROUGH A WIDE RANGE OF PLAY ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCES AND TO OFFER FAMILIES OF SUCH CHILDREN SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND ADVICE, INA FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE OF TRUST AND CONFIDENTIALITY.

Grants received

4 grants · £353,084 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.

Top funders

Most recent

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.

9 trustees on the board

4y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 9Education/training 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9

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

Education 8Finance 3Professional services 3

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.

🔒 Succession forecast is a Pro feature - the board seats likely to open in the next year and the ideal next trustee. Explore Pro →

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£294k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1106002
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 MAY 2003
Companies House
Company number 04767369 · Active
Contact on the register
01708 556355 · janet.hutchinson@firststep.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data