Registered charity · Devizes
Community First
- 9 trustees
- Income £3.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Catherine PhillipsTrustee · since 2025
- Edward William HeardTrustee · since 2012
- Fiona Slevin-BrownTrustee · since 2024
- James MoodyTrustee · since 2016
- Merope SylvesterTrustee · since 2021
- Michael BrooksTrustee · since 2024
- Piers Farquhar DibbenTrustee
- Steven BoocockTrustee · since 2015
- Timothy HumphreysTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Wiltshire, Swindon
- Website
- www.communityfirst.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Community First
- Registered
- 1983
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.3m£2.9m
- 2024£2.3m£2.3m
- 2023£2.3m£2.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.1m£2.0m
- 2021£2.2m£2.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 47% · Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A (1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE WILTSHIRE AND SWINDON BY ASSISTING THE WORK OF STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN ADVANCING EDUCATION, FURTHERING HEALTH, RELIEVING POVERTY DISTRESS OR SICKNESS, IMPROVING THE SKILL OF COUNTY CRAFTSMEN, OR IN PURSUING ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES. (2) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SAID PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AUTHORITIES AND ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE SAID PURPOSES WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE.TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:B (1) THE PROVISION MAINTENANCE OR IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS RECREATION GROUNDS OR OPEN SPACES; OR(2) THE MAINTENANCE REPAIR OR RESTORATION OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES WHICH ARE PLACES OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP OR OF HISTORIC, SCIENTIFIC OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST; OR(3) THE PROVISION OF SOME OTHER PUBLIC AMENITYIN EACH CASE IN THE VICINITY OF A LANDFILL SITE, AND "LANDFILL SITE" SHALL HAVE THE MEANING ASCRIBED TO IT BY SECTION 66 OF THE FINANCE ACT 1996; AND BY(4) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN THE BENEFITS TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; OR(5) CARRYING OUT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTO SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH; ANDSUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES INCLUDING WASTE MINIMISATION, MINIMISATION OF POLLUTION AND HARM FROM WASTE, REUSE OF WASTE, RECYCLING OF WASTE, WASTE RECOVERY ACTIVITIES AND THE CLEARING OF POLLUTANTS FROM CONTAMINATED LAND.
Grants received
63 grants · £3,683,045 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 · £3,017,473 (17 grants)
- Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation · £222,815 (28 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £176,400 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £153,500
- BBC Children in Need · £32,481 (2 grants)
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
- Dr Catherine Phillips since 2025
- Edward William Heard since 2012
- Fiona Slevin-Brown since 2024
- James Moody since 2016
- Merope Sylvester since 2021
- Michael Brooks since 2024
- Piers Farquhar Dibben
- Steven Boocock since 2015
- Timothy Humphreys since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Edward William Heard since 2012
- James Moody since 2016
- Steven Boocock since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Dr Catherine Phillips since 2025
- Edward William Heard since 2012
- Fiona Slevin-Brown since 2024
- James Moody since 2016
- Merope Sylvester since 2021
- Michael Brooks since 2024
- Piers Farquhar Dibben
- Steven Boocock since 2015
Portfolio (1)
- Timothy Humphreys since 2024
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
1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 288117
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 SEPTEMBER 1983, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS ON 11 SEPTEMBER 1997, 12 SEPTEMBER 2001 AND 4 OCTOBER 2006.
- Companies House
- Company number 01757334 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01380722475 · enquiries@communityfirst.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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