Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 13

FIRST STEP LEICESTER LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND

Provision of face-to-face counselling or emotional support to male victims of sexual abuse aged 13 years and above. In addition provision of counselling/support to nominated supporters. Provision of support, advice and advocacy service. Delivery of awareness raising sessions to external partners. Available to males living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 8 years

www.firststepleicester.org.uk

contact@firststepleicester.org.uk

01162548535

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£268	£242	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/22	£225	£219	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21
31/03/21	£231	£204	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	29
31/03/20	£173	£137	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	29
31/03/19	£110	£105	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	36
31/03/18	£113	£114	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£77	£85	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Leicester City, Leicestershire, Rutland,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
15 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Henry Smith Charity	£120,000
Ministry of Justice	£110,168
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£22,800
Allen Lane Foundation	£9,245

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to First Step
£9,245	04/03/2022	£9,245 single grant towards an Emotional Support Worker for people in crisis at this charity in Leicester
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to First Step Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
£120,000	10/02/2022 36	towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation supporting male survivors of sexual abuse in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, East Midlands.
Ministry of Justice - COVID-19 Extraordinary National Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
£10,084	26/03/2021	To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the ....more To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the grant agreement during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ministry of Justice - Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
£90,000	01/01/2021	To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the ....more To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the grant agreement during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ministry of Justice - Support for charities providing support services for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence
£5,850	12/11/2020	Provision of Victim Services
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to First Step Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
£7,860	23/07/2020	Grant to First Step Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Ministry of Justice - Support for charities providing support services for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence
£4,234	22/06/2020	Provision of Victim Services
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to First Step Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
£14,940	20/11/2019 12	The grant will provide support for this small charity to improve its systems (monitoring and financial) and external communications
Ministry of Justice - Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
£60,000	01/04/2019	To provide independent, specialist support to female and male victims of rape and sexual abuse, including victims of child sexual abuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - First Step - listening, enabling and promoting positive choices
£232,245	26/11/2018 60	This project seeks to increase the support available to male survivors of sexual abuse. This funding will provide a stronger pathway to survival through the provision of advocacy and group work to ....more This project seeks to increase the support available to male survivors of sexual abuse. This funding will provide a stronger pathway to survival through the provision of advocacy and group work to complement existing one-to-one confidential support, counselling and awareness raising, to help people regain control and rebuild their lives.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to First Step Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
£120,000	13/06/2018 36	towards three years' running costs of a project supporting male survivors of sexual abuse in Leicestershire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to First Step Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
£12,500	15/03/2017 12	The charity provides support to victims of childhood sexual abuse. The work will enable the charity to strengthen its governance and develop a long term strategic plan. It will also helps support ....more The charity provides support to victims of childhood sexual abuse. The work will enable the charity to strengthen its governance and develop a long term strategic plan. It will also helps support improvement in its monitoring and evaluation systems.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

FAUNA GILL Appointed: 2023

KIRANDIP KAUR GILL Appointed: 2020

RAHOUL NAIK Appointed: 2023

JONATHON PUTNAM Appointed: 2023

MICHAEL WILLIAM STUDLEY Appointed: 2015

MARK EVANS (Chair) Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/01/2016, number: 1165062

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
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

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

FIRST STEP
ALLIANCE HOUSE
6 BISHOP STREET
LEICESTER
LE1 6AF

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF MALE-IDENTIFIED AND NON-BINARY PERSONS AGED 13 YEARS AND ABOVE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ABUSE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE. 2. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE SUPPORTERS OF MALE-IDENTIFIED AND NON-BINARY SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE THROUGH PROVISION OF SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE. 3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF MALE-IDENTIFIED AND NON-BINARY SURVIVORS AGED 13 YEAR AND ABOVE.

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