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Registered charity (CIO) · Wokingham

First Days Children's Charity

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £452k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.firstdays.net (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£452k£573k
  • 2024£596k£537k
  • 2023£531k£523k
Earlier years
  • 2022£337k£420k
  • 2021£444k£366k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 17% · Government grants 15%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') ARE:(A) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE BOROUGH OF WOKINGHAM (AND IN OTHER SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME SEE FIT) BY PROVIDING GOODS AND SERVICES, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, CLOTHING AND OTHER GOODS FOR BABIES AND CHILDREN, TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR OTHER CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.(B) AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE ORGANISATION.

Grants received

6 grants · £153,591 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.

7 trustees on the board

7.4y median 7y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

0
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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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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£452k latest income
32%
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
1157855
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 15 Jul 2014
Contact on the register
01189219338 · info@firstdays.net
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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