Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -8
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Multiple returns filed late: -5
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

FIRST STEP NORTH EAST

First Step is a multi racial project providing community based informal and accredited learning/volunteering opportunities for women and young people. All our activities are underpinned by a person centred, holistic and democratic ethos and backed by equality of opportunity access and actions including an onsite creche, language and mentoring support, a safe environment and full disabled access.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Returns have been filed late on 5 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£57£65£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22*£87£64£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£97£87£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£58£81£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19*£75£84£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£92£93£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£81£90£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£94£106£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£109£109£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£120£109£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£69£109£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£209£214£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£243£240£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£275£255£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£254£280£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£404£404£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£317£308£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£317£308£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£318£306£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£517£321£196n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 33 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£32,200
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£18,069
National Lottery Community Fund£18,044
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC)£14,957
The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
Power to Change£10,000
Rosa UK£7,940
CAF£2,482
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to First Step North East
£8,900 16/03/2023
Supporting women volunteers working with other women in migrant communities
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) - Open Philanthropy Fund A
£14,957 14/02/2023
Unrestricted funding to tackle financial hardship
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to First Step North East
£3,748 22/09/2022
Core costs and project costs supporting black and minoritised resident and migrant women in newcastle
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to First Step North East
£5,421 20/01/2022
Core and project costs for work with BAME women in the West End of Newcastle
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Inside Out'
£8,992 05/11/2021
The funding will be used to continue to providing access to the project's community hub for women migrants asylum seekers and refugees and their children. Volunteering opportunities will be available including advice and vital support services to ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to First Step North East
£10,000 16/08/2021
refurbishment to building for a charity supporting disadvantaged minority communities in Newcastle upon Tyne
Rosa UK - C19 R4-FIRSTSTEP-2021
£7,940 30/03/2021
A grant of £7,940 towards the salary and runing costs of supporting BAME women affected by the pandemic and provide some capapcity toi fundraise.
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - First Step North East
£10,000 16/09/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - First Step North East
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£32,200 13/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - First Step Response to Covid-19
£9,052 22/05/2020
6
The funding will be used to support isolated and vulnerable women predominantly but not exclusively from the BAME community through the current COVID-19 pandemic. They aim to improve their emotional and mental health as well as provide advice and ....more
CAF - Grant to Firststep NE
£2,482 30/04/2020
Grant to Firststep NE to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Human Rights in Practice
£7,300 11/07/2019
12
The funding will provide a safe environment and support network for local women migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
Department of Health - Step forward
£29,736 01/04/2019
Beyond Places of Safety
Tudor Trust - Grant to First Step North East
£60,000 11/12/2018
24
over two years as continuation funding towards salaries and core running costs for a charity supporting women from migrant backgrounds in Newcastle
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to First Step North East
£9,900 20/06/2018
‘Munitionettes and Ladettes’
Department of Health - Step Forward
£59,465 01/04/2018
Funding available for community clinics, crisis cafes, and alternative places of safety to support a wider range of preventative services in the community.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to First Step North East
£5,467 07/11/2017
12
towards one year's running costs of the 'Transformation Programme' providing a suite of integrated activities for women from disadvantaged communities in the west end of Newcastle
DCMS - Rosa Fund, Tampon Tax
£24,550 01/05/2017
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Tudor Trust - Grant to First Step North East
£60,000 02/11/2016
24
towards core costs, including salaries, at an organisation supporting BAME women in the west end of Newcastle
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to First Step North East
£10,000 26/04/2016
In Her Footsteps
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to First Step North East
£16,600 29/04/2014
FSNE provides non formal learning and volunteering opportunities for women and young people in a multi racial context. All of their activities are supported by equality of opportunity; activities including an onsite crèche, disabled access and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - First Step - embedding new practice
£248,955 13/12/2012
36
First Step North East will to continue and development a project in Newcastle helping migrant women improve their language and computer skills with workshops including sewing, textile work, craftwork and vegetable growing. Products from the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - First Step Re-furbishment Project
£10,000 09/09/2010
12
This women's community group in Newcastle will use funding to refurbish its premises, benefiting current and new service users. This will provide a warmer and more secure venue for the women and young people using the facility.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

  • PARVIN AHMED
  • SAMITRA KAUR
  • TARRANUM TOOR
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/07/1991, number: 1003569
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 110 days late, AR22: 40 days late, AR21: 44 days late, AR20: 51 days late, AR19: 59 days late, AR10: 17 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 44 days late,
Main office

FIRST STEP
435 WESTGATE ROAD
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE4 8RN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR HEALTH RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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