Registered charity · Colchester
Child First Trust
Child First Trust is a registered charity (number 1158410) based in Colchester, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £222k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £222k (2025)
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
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- WWW.CHILDFIRSTTRUST.COM (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Child First Trust
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£222k£229k
- 2024£191k£186k
- 2023£189k£182k
Earlier years
- 2022£168k£176k
- 2021£155k£165k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN WITHIN CHILD FIRST SCHOOLS BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF NON STATUTORY ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES.
Grants received
1 grant · £189,038 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £189,038
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Claire French since 2016
- Jane Smith since 2019
- Paul Arrowsmith since 2021
- Tracy Zoltan since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Claire French since 2016
- Jane Smith since 2019
- Tracy Zoltan since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Claire French since 2016
- Jane Smith since 2019
- Paul Arrowsmith since 2021
- Tracy Zoltan since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1158410
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 MAY 2014
- Companies House
- Company number 09053347 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01206252152 · sacha@childfirsttrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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