The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

First Rung LTD

Registered charity 800614 Registered since 1989

Operates: Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Harrow, Waltham Forest

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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.

12 trustees on the board

3.4y median 3.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

3
company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1Finance 1Health and social care 1

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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£2.3m 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.

3.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

37 from 35 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.
85%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

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Contact

Websitewww.firstrung.org.uk
Emailswoolcock@firstrung.org.uk
Phone02088034764
AddressFirst Rung Ltd, 197-205 High Street, ENFIELD, Middlesex, EN3 4DZ

Finances

£2,272,722 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,417,573£1,575,919
2022£1,397,585£1,613,355
2023£1,713,143£1,640,150
2024£2,007,589£1,827,863
2025£2,272,722£2,137,126

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING. 2. FOR THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, RETRAINING AND PERIODS OF WORK EXPERIENCE, THROUGH THE PROGRAMMES OF THE LEARNING AND SKILLS COUNCIL, THEIR SUCCESSORS OR SIMILAR PROGRAMMES FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AGENCIES INCLUDING THE EUROPEAN UNION.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30TH SEPTEMBER 1987 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 6TH JANUARY 1988 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 28TH SEPTEMBER 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 18TH MARCH 2003 AND 23 FEBRUARY 2005 as amended on 13 Jan 2025

Trustees (12)

12trustees
58median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

First Rung Limited · 02171777 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 30/09/1987

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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