Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 2

Liabilities <10%: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 11

FIRST STEPS (BATH)

First Steps (Bath) is a Registered Charity and an accredited Social Enterprise. Our aim is to improve outcomes for young children in areas of need by working alongside their families and other professionals, through our Early Childhood Community Centres at Woodhouse Road, Twerton and at Moorfields Road and our Specialist Early Years Centre, Bath Opportunity Pre School, (BOP), Frome Road, Bath.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Established: 32 years

www.firststepsbath.org.uk

info@firststepsbath.org.uk

01225444791

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£1,588	£1,542	£46	£0	£1,870	£1,762	13.7	51	4
31/03/22	£1,319	£1,371	£-52	£0	£1,824	£1,729	15.1	49	1
31/03/21	£1,420	£1,236	£184	£0	£1,876	£1,786	17.3	42	0
31/03/20	£1,208	£1,210	£-2	£0	£1,692	£1,613	16	44	6
31/03/19	£1,307	£1,083	£225	£0	£1,693	£985	10.9	40	14
31/03/18	£1,397	£1,290	£107	£0	£1,469	£923	8.6	44	0
31/03/17	£1,367	£1,200	£167	£0	£1,362	£807	8.1	43	0
31/03/16	£1,271	£1,301	£-30	£0	£1,195	£627	5.8	48	0
31/03/15	£1,300	£1,161	£139	£7	£1,225	£626	6.5	40	0
31/03/14	£1,245	£1,254	£-8	£6	£1,086	£481	4.6	48	0
31/03/13	£1,270	£1,254	£17	£8	£1,094	£471	4.5	48	0
31/03/12	£1,260	£1,178	£82	£7	£1,077	£436	4.4	47	0
31/03/11	£1,273	£1,193	£80	£7	£995	£335	3.4	45	0
31/03/10	£1,275	£1,154	£120	£5	£915	£247	2.6	49	0
31/03/09	£1,054	£1,028	£26	£5	£795	£136	1.6	43	0
31/03/08	£876	£865	£11	£5	£769	£95	1.3	42	0
31/03/07	£912	£876	£36	£56	£758	£45	0.6	60	0
31/03/06	£849	£914	£-65	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£684	£766	£-82	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£779	£427	£352	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 13.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 6.5

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bath And North East Somerset,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

51 employees
4 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to First Steps Bath
£1,522	22/10/2022	We aim to provide free, nutritionally balanced meals in our daycare settings for young children of families who qualify for free school meals. Free school meals do not apply to pre-school children.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to First Steps (Bath)
£981	31/08/2022	For a 'Belonging' workshop, including people of colour from the community to better understand barriers and create more inclusive governance and spaces for the organisation.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to First Steps (Bath)
£2,500	22/06/2022	Toward a trip for young children and families to the family-run Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, in North Somerset.
Quartet Community Foundation - Theatre Trip for Children at First Steps
£1,200	08/04/2022	Theatre Trip to The Egg for Children at First Steps Nursery
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to First Steps (Bath)
£1,800	23/12/2021	For work toward the replacement of a boiler heating system with a sustainable alternative.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to First Steps (Bath)
£1,618	29/06/2021	A project to prepare and deliver community consultation and discussion events to understand needs, challenges, what has worked best and outcomes that have been achieved.
Quartet Community Foundation - Get Growing
£1,175	24/02/2021	Food growing initiatives for children under five, promoting an early understanding of community, sustainable, wholesome, affordable food and their part in the natural world.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to First Steps (Bath)
£3,050	29/09/2020	Training for Early Years Practitioners to encourage personal growth, retention and to assess and support children's emotional and social development.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to First Steps (Bath)
£4,072	06/05/2020	For 30 Home Learning Resource packs for young children and families who are isolated at home during this crisis and 15 tablets for Early Years practitioners to connect with families.
Quartet Community Foundation - Healthy Meals for Pre-School Children in Bath
£1,200	05/12/2019 12	The project will provide free, nutritionally balanced midday meals for young children from families on low incomes to promote healthy living and support the children's learning and development.
Quartet Community Foundation - Rugbytots in Twerton
£1,000	09/09/2019 6	Rugbytots to enable young children in Twerton to enjoy physical activity and play through fun, structured outdoor play sessions, using creative play and rugby skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - First Steps Outdoor Learning Space
£9,580	31/01/2018 1	The funding will be used by a charity to redevelop its outside nursery space in order to create opportunities for safe outdoor play.
Quartet Community Foundation - Bath & North East Somerset collaborative pilot
£3,875	29/06/2017 5	For a research/feasibility study to explore both the demand for and the benefits of closer collaboration in the third sector in B&NES.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-78

DR JANET ROSE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Principal

ELISABETH BARRATT HACKING Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Lecturer

ISOBEL MICHAEL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Freelance Fundraiser And Prospect Researcher, Other trusteeship: DOG ASSISTANCE IN DISABILITY,

JAYANNA WITT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Parent

KENNETH LITTLEWOOD (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: General Manager, Other trusteeship: BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET CARERS CENTRE,

MEG GORE Appointed: 2012

MARINA SLOAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

SIMON ANDREWS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Project Manager

THOMAS WILLIAMS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Management Accountant

VALERIE WHEELER Appointed: 1996, Occupation: Health Visitor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/07/1992, number: 1012690
Registered at Companies House on 22/10/1991, number: 02656485

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from BATH OPPORTUNITY PRE-SCHOOL on 03/05/2019

Main office

First Steps
Woodhouse Road
Bath
BA2 1SY

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE (BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN) IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART AND BY ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND BY PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE CITY OF BATH AND AS A RESULT OF THE PROVISION OF SUCH FACILITIES TO RELIEVE CASES OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BATH

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