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Registered charity · No. 1157855CIO

First Days Children's Charity

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First Days Children's Charity is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include the prevention or relief of poverty.

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What are the key facts about First Days Children's Charity?

Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£452,313
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£573,087
Registered charity number
1157855
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
CIO
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Denmark Street
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

First Days Children's Charity (number 1157855) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does First Days Children's Charity do?

The prevention or relief of poverty in the UK by providing goods and services, particularly but not exclusively the provision of equipment, clothing and other goods and services for babies and children, to individuals in need and/or other charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for First Days Children's Charity

Answers First Days Children's Charity gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are First Days Children's Charity's highest-paid staff paid?

First Days Children's Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £60,001–£70,000 (1 employee).

Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£60,001–£70,0001

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records First Days Children's Charity as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

First Days Children's Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Previous names on the register
First Days
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People.

Reported activities: Provides Services.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is First Days Children's Charity registered for?

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Why is there no Clarity Score for First Days Children's Charity yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score First Days Children's Charity. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is First Days Children's Charity a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists First Days Children's Charity as a registered charity (number 1157855) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is First Days Children's Charity's charity number?
First Days Children's Charity's charity number is 1157855. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1157855?
Search 1157855 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does First Days Children's Charity do?
The prevention or relief of poverty in the UK by providing goods and services, particularly but not exclusively the provision of equipment, clothing and other goods and services for babies and children, to individuals in need and/or other charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.
Does First Days Children's Charity have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for First Days Children's Charity. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to First Days Children's Charity?
First Days Children's Charity's website listed in our register data is http://www.firstdays.net. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is First Days Children's Charity's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. First Days Children's Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £60,001–£70,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to First Days Children's Charity?
The register records First Days Children's Charity as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are First Days Children's Charity's trustees paid?
First Days Children's Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was First Days Children's Charity previously called?
The register lists this previous name for First Days Children's Charity: First Days.
When was First Days Children's Charity registered as a charity?
First Days Children's Charity was entered on the register on 15 July 2014.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.