Children First Derby

Registered charity 1111157 Registered since 2005

Operates: Derby City

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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

Amanda Strong since 2021
Afzahl Fatemah-Razak since 2015
Jason Coupland since 2025
Maura Rose Teager MBE since 2025
Sarah Le-Good MBE since 2025

3.8y median 1y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Afzahl Fatemah-Razak since 2015

12.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Amanda Strong since 2021
Afzahl Fatemah-Razak since 2015
Jason Coupland since 2025
Maura Rose Teager MBE since 2025
Sarah Le-Good MBE since 2025

company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 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 4Education 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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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£506k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

20 from 20 in 2024

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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

Fakenham Children's Daycare Centre Limited Similar size; both General purposes
The Sherborne School Foundation Similar size; both General purposes
David Lister Charitable Trust Similar size; both General purposes
Epsom and Ewell Citizens Advice Bureau Similar size; both General purposes
The Esfandi Charitable Foundation Similar size; both General purposes
J C Bamford Foundation Similar size; both General purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.childrenfirstderby.co.uk
Email	enquiries@childrenfirstderby.co.uk
Phone	01332341516
Address	13 Leopold Street, Derby, Derby, DE1 2HE

Finances

£506,006 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£295,022	£274,355
2022	£394,003	£377,718
2023	£437,637	£441,877
2024	£503,077	£508,185
2025	£506,006	£528,228

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

3.1 TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING EXPERIENCED BY FAMILIES AND CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM AND/OR ARE LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM VIOLENCE OR MALTREATMENT IN THEIR HOMES: IN PARTICULAR BY:3.1.1 RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WHERE STRESS WITHIN THE HOME MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THEIR WELFARE OR DEVELOPMENT;3.1.2 PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE REGARDED AS VULNERABLE AND WHO MAY BE AT RISK OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION;3.1.3 DELIVERING COMMUNITY SERVICES DESIGNED TO FOSTER THE GENERAL WELL BEING OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN; AND3.1.4 PROVIDING SERVICES FOR PARENTS WHICH WILL ENABLE THEM TO BETTER RESPOND TO THE PERSONAL NEEDS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THEIR CHILDREN.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 MARCH 2005 as amended on 17 Jan 2022

Trustees (5)

5trustees

59median age

1aged 70+

Amanda Strongage band 60-64 since 2021
Afzahl Fatemah-Razakage band 40-44 since 2015
Jason Couplandage band 55-59 since 2025
Maura Rose Teager MBEage band 75-79 since 2025
Sarah Le-Good MBE since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

Children First Derby · 05379021 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 01/03/2005

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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