First Give

Registered charity 1156416 CIO Registered since 2014

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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

Daryl Fielding Chair since 2024
Alice Ward since 2024
Fabian Gupta De Fabiani since 2024
Michael Francis Durham since 2021
Susan Sara Mandelbaum since 2018

3.8y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Susan Sara Mandelbaum since 2018

4.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Daryl Fielding Chair since 2024
Alice Ward since 2024
Fabian Gupta De Fabiani since 2024
Susan Sara Mandelbaum since 2018

Portfolio (1)

Michael Francis Durham since 2021

company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 5Other Charitable Purposes 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on 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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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£908k latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

5.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 7.9 in 2021

8 from 7 in 2021

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

Early Years Wales 2018 Similar size; both Other purposes
Shaarei Rachamim Limited Similar size; both Other purposes
Carers Trust Tyne & Wear Similar size; both Other purposes
The British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology Similar size; both Other purposes
The Foundation of Nursing Studies Similar size; both Other purposes
3P Ministries Similar size; both Other purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.firstgive.co.uk
Email	info@firstgive.co.uk
Phone	02074435171
Address	Pears Hub, Haskell House, 152 West End Lane, LONDON

Finances

£907,531 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£596,370	£566,039
2022	£707,625	£807,584
2023	£795,830	£833,919
2024	£886,112	£812,381
2025	£907,531	£858,118

What it does

What

Education/trainingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(I) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR IN PHILANTHROPY;(II) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; AND(III) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS,IN PARTICULAR BY ACTING AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BY MAKING AVAILABLE GRANTS, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE, AND FACILITATING PHILANTHROPIC PROJECTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 27 Mar 2014

Trustees (5)

5trustees

0aged 70+

Daryl Fielding Chair since 2024
Alice Ward since 2024
Fabian Gupta De Fabiani since 2024
Michael Francis Durham since 2021
Susan Sara Mandelbaum since 2018

Connected charities (1)

The Norden Farm Centre Trust Limited 1 shared trustee

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