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Who leads it
Previous officers 25
- Malka Livingstone 2022-2026 View profile
- Heather Roche 2022-2025 View profile
- Nicola Harris 2019-2024 View profile
- Mary Elizabeth Weston 2018-2022 View profile
- Lisa Mary Pearson 2016-2021 View profile
- Kelly Stokes 2013-2017 View profile
- Kelly Frances Morgan 2011-2013 View profile
- Andrew Ronald Cripps 2010-2018 View profile
- Rev Jeremy David Fagan 2008-2023 View profile
- Michelle Joanne Dean 2007-2008 View profile
- John Bell 2006-2015 View profile
- Carol Waters 2002-2016 View profile
- William Samuel Haskell 2001-2001 View profile
- Valerie Julia Fildes 2001-2007 View profile
- Susan Marsden 1997-2000 View profile
- Liza Helen Watson 1997-2012 View profile
- Samuel Smith 1997-2008 View profile
- Jean Irene Little 1996-2001 View profile
- Linda Ann Walker 1996-1998 View profile
- Gerald Henry White 1996-1997 View profile
- Noreen Mcgrath 1996-2011 View profile
- Joan Winifred Brown 1996-2004 View profile
- Angela Cholet 2021-2022 View profile
- Jessica Stewart 2020-2021 View profile
- Angela Elizabeth Cholet 1996-2020 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 14/03/1996
- Also a registered charity
- The First Step LTD
Ownership
Owned by (3) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Jessica Privilege
significant influence (trust) · notified 2026-01-01 - Mary Elizabeth Weston ceased 2022-12-06
appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2020-12-17 - Malka Livingstone ceased 2025-12-14
significant influence (trust) · notified 2022-12-06
Group
- The First Step LTD
is controlled by Jessica Privilege
Evidence
active significant influence (trust) · notified 2026-01-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Jessica Privilege.
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Employees
- 0.26
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
11 grants · £1,852,715 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 · £1,396,357 (4 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £257,700 (2 grants)
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £80,079
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £80,079
- Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside · £38,500 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
5 directors on the board
- Germaine Dominique Fryer Director · appointed 2022
- Jessica Privilege Director · appointed 2022
- Alison Madelane Hulse Director · appointed 2024
- Kevin Rigby Director · appointed 2019
- Hayley Thornton Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Kevin Rigby Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Germaine Dominique Fryer Director · appointed 2022
- Jessica Privilege Director · appointed 2022
- Kevin Rigby Director · appointed 2019
- Hayley Thornton Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Alison Madelane Hulse Director · appointed 2024
Left in the last 12 months
- Malka Livingstone Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03172572
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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