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First Stop Centre (MID-Essex Branch)
- 4 trustees
- Income £83k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 2 more
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.firststopcentre.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1990
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£83k£116k
- 2024£103k£120k
- 2023£82k£103k
Earlier years
- 2022£156k£95k
- 2021£123k£50k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 52%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE CONDITION OF DISADVANTAGED PERSONS IN MID-ESSEX EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES WITH HOMELESSNESS, JOBLESSNESS, SUBSTANCE MISUSE, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATED PROBLEMS, LEARNING DISABILITIES BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SUCH PERSONS TO ASSIST THEM IN MAINTAINING NORMAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY RESIDE.
Grants received
7 grants · £68,906 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
- Essex Community Foundation · £42,000 (5 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £21,906
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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
- Tracey Radley Chair since 2025
- Emma Claire Reid-Carter since 2005
- James Robert Draper since 2024
- Moia Thorogood since 2004
Trustees past 6 years
- Emma Claire Reid-Carter since 2005
- Moia Thorogood since 2004
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Tracey Radley Chair since 2025
- Emma Claire Reid-Carter since 2005
- James Robert Draper since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Moia Thorogood since 2004
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 803170
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20/11/1989AS AMENDED ON 18/06/2007AS AMENDED ON 06/07/2012
- Contact on the register
- 01376 346535 · Contact@firststopcentre.onmicrosoft.com
- 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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