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Registered charity · Hackbridge

Communities First Foundation

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £476k (2026)
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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, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 2 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.communitiesfirst.uk.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Communities First Foundation
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£476k£415k
  • 2025£359k£318k
  • 2024£315k£354k
Earlier years
  • 2023£462k£440k
  • 2022£343k£328k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government contracts 27% · Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3. THE CHARITY (THE OBJECTS) IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NEED IN DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES BY THE FOLLOWING MEANSA. DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF SUCH PERSONS IN WAYS WHICH LEAD TO THEM BEING BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN THROUGH EXPERIENCE OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE AVAILABLE TO THEM, AND BY INVOLVING PEOPLE IN A COLLECTIVE EFFORT SO THAT THEY GAIN CONFIDENCE IN THEIR OWN ABILITIES AND THEIR ABILITY TO INFLUENCE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEM; B. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF SUCH PERSONS; AND C. TO RELIEVE THE UNEMPLOYMENT OF SUCH PERSONS.

Grants received

14 grants · £406,113 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

  • Sport England · £232,487 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £109,100 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £51,551 (6 grants)
  • CAF · £11,861
  • London Borough of Hounslow · £1,114

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9332023-05-12
  • Sport England £101,0802021-10-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8,9502021-01-28
  • CAF £11,8612020-12-08
  • Sport England £25,0002020-02-04
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.

3 trustees on the board

0y median 0y
average tenure
0y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
0y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

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company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 3Education/training 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£359k latest income
28%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1117143
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/04/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/11/2006AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 29/07/2011
Companies House
Company number 05107524 · Active
Contact on the register
02086829570 · lblair@communitiesfirst.uk.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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