Registered charity (CIO) · Essex
Parents 1ST UK
- 9 trustees
- Income £800k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christine BardwellTrustee · since 2025
- Christopher Lloyd PickardTrustee · since 2026
- David AllenTrustee · since 2026
- Jeanette Tulloch-JordanTrustee · since 2023
- Joanne Elizabeth RobinsTrustee · since 2019
- Laura WebberTrustee · since 2025
- Paul MaynardTrustee · since 2025
- Rachel HeathcockTrustee · since 2024
- Veronica EmlynTrustee · since 2019
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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- parents1st.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£800k£714k
- 2024£571k£565k
- 2023£402k£239k
Earlier years
- 2022£105k£106k
- 2021£305k£106k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 67% · Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PARENTS, BY PROMOTING AND DEVELOPING VOLUNTEERING AND PEER SUPPORT DURING PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND BEING A PARENT.
Grants received
14 grants · £367,197 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
- Henry Smith Foundation · £219,110 (2 grants)
- Essex Community Foundation · £123,087 (11 grants)
- KPMG Foundation · £25,000
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Christine Bardwell since 2025
- Christopher Lloyd Pickard since 2026
- David Allen since 2026
- Jeanette Tulloch-Jordan since 2023
- Joanne Elizabeth Robins since 2019
- Laura Webber since 2025
- Paul Maynard since 2025
- Rachel Heathcock since 2024
- Veronica Emlyn since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Joanne Elizabeth Robins since 2019
- Veronica Emlyn since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Christine Bardwell since 2025
- Christopher Lloyd Pickard since 2026
- David Allen since 2026
- Joanne Elizabeth Robins since 2019
- Laura Webber since 2025
- Paul Maynard since 2025
- Rachel Heathcock since 2024
- Veronica Emlyn since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Jeanette Tulloch-Jordan since 2023
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
6.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1186445
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 19 Nov 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07718494228 · contact@parents1st.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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