FIRST FRUIT — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 9 December 1997
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 03477267
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £1,997,808
Latest expenditure: £1,517,340
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 34 Norwich Road, London, E7 9JH

Website recorded by the regulator: www.firstfruit.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

To provide the advancement education and relief of poverty of people in needy circumstances involving the provision of assistance and training for the development of skills in coping with life and employment. To promote the advancement of the Christian Faith.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 21 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 21 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,997,808
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,517,340

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 18 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 18 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,679,700
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,239,851

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 25 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 25 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,293,805
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,110,347

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 9 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 21 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,610,127
Total Gross Expenditure: £949,802

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 9 December 2021
Date Accounts Received: 15 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £1,088,625
Total Gross Expenditure: £892,771

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 21 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,997,808
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,517,340
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 1
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Volunteers: 8

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 18 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,679,700
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,239,851
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 8

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 25 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,293,805
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,110,347
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 8

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 9 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,610,127
Total Gross Expenditure: £949,802
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: Yes
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Volunteers: 4

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 9 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £1,088,625
Total Gross Expenditure: £892,771
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: Yes
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Volunteers: 4

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 21 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 213861
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 1769546
Income Investments: 14401
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1997808
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,517,340
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1517340
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 15535
Expenditure Support Costs: 447388
Expenditure Depreciation: 186367
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,234,618
Assets Total Fixed: 3204537
Assets Own Use: 3204537
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,424,231
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,596,865
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,031,903
Creditors One Year Total Current: 189613
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1407252
Assets Cash: £1,392,461
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3031903
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 3031903
Count Employees: 15
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 18 December 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 215074
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 1450862
Income Investments: 6945
Income Other: 6819
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1679700
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,239,851
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1239851
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 16176
Expenditure Support Costs: 395024
Expenditure Depreciation: 62314
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 3214742
Assets Own Use: 3214742
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £952,812
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,616,120
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,551,434
Creditors One Year Total Current: 182583
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1433537
Assets Cash: £918,547
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2551434
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 2551434
Count Employees: 15
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 25 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 76940
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 1215660
Income Investments: 905
Income Other: 300
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1293805
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,110,347
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1110347
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 24174
Expenditure Support Costs: 294536
Expenditure Depreciation: 102925
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £2,111,585
Assets Total Fixed: 2627697
Assets Own Use: 2627697
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,142,566
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,658,678
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,111,585
Creditors One Year Total Current: 193560
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1465118
Assets Cash: £1,117,747
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2111585
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 2111585
Count Employees: 12
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 9 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 575575
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 1034515
Income Investments: 37
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1610127
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £949,802
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 949802
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 61279
Expenditure Support Costs: 198635
Expenditure Depreciation: 56590
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,928,127
Assets Total Fixed: 1921462
Assets Own Use: 1921462
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,057,024
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,050,359
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,928,127
Creditors One Year Total Current: 93362
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 956997
Assets Cash: £1,029,216
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1928127
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 1928127
Count Employees: 12
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 9 December 2021
Income Donations And Legacies: 88775
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 998322
Income Investments: 239
Income Other: 1289
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1088625
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £892,771
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 892771
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 16999
Expenditure Support Costs: 164051
Expenditure Depreciation: 48132
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,267,802
Assets Total Fixed: 1048123
Assets Own Use: 1048123
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £695,081
Assets Total Liabilities: £475,402
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,267,802
Creditors One Year Total Current: 105654
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 369748
Assets Cash: £665,024
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1267802
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 1267802
Count Employees: 13
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout London
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: FIRST FRUIT
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1997-12-09T00:00:00

Charity Name: FIRST FRUIT
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2019-10-26T00:00:00
Reason: Does not operate
Assoc Organisation Number: 3944480
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1065596
Assoc Charity Name: LATIMER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 2ND DECEMBER 1997
Charitable Objects: (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IN PARTICULAR:- (1) THE TEACHING AND PRACTICE OF AND TRAINING IN EVANGELISM (2) THE HARVESTING OF THE POTENTIAL SKILLS OF PEOPLE FOR SERVICE TO OTHERS ACCORDING TO BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES IN EACH CASE IN DEMONSTRATION OF THE CHURCH'S MISSION IN THE WORLD AND ENCOURAGING THE CHURCHES TO WORK TOGETHER TO THESE ENDS (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TRAINING OF PEOPLE IN NEEDY CIRCUMSTANCES IN EMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESS SKILLS (C) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ASSISTANCE TO AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE IN NEEDY CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO THEIR DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR COPING WITH LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Area Of Benefit: BARKING, GREATER LONDON

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures