First Step Opportunity Group

Registered charity 1106002 Registered since 2004

Operates: Havering

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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.

9 trustees on the board

4y median 3y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Gillian Webb since 2015
Martin Roger Flower Mr since 2020

11.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

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.

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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£294k latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

Also active in the same field

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Crackerjacks Children's Trust Similar size; both Disability
GO-Forward Youth Similar size; both Disability
Fountain of Wisdom Ministries Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.firststep.org.uk
Email	janet.hutchinson@firststep.org.uk
Phone	01708 556355
Address	FIRST STEP, TANGMERE CRESCENT, HORNCHURCH, RM12 5PP

Finances

£294,016 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£360,323	£306,785
2022	£171,913	£264,648
2023	£351,566	£392,627
2024	£315,528	£397,091
2025	£294,016	£335,405

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 MAY 2003

Trustees (9)

9trustees

65median age

2aged 70+

Simon Richard Powellage band 40-44 Chair since 2023
Bruce Mclaren Andersonage band 90-94
David George Kinderage band 55-59 since 2026
Gillian Webbage band 75-79 since 2015
Ian Malcolm Gorsuchage band 65-69 since 2023
Lynn Toppsage band 60-64 since 2021
Martin Roger Flower Mr since 2020
Roisin Mccorryage band 65-69
Stephen Robert Whatlingage band 55-59 since 2026

Linked company (Companies House)

First Step Opportunity Group · 04767369 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/05/2003

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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