# FIRST STOP DARLINGTON

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1073822
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 4, 1999
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1073822


## Contact

- **Address:** 32 Houndgate, Darlington
- **Postcode:** DL1 5RH
- **Phone:** 01325254463
- **Email:** info@firststopdarlington.org.uk
- **Website:** www.firststopdarlington.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.The Charity?s objects (?the Objects?) are the relief of those persons in the Borough of Darlington and its surrounding areas, who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress, in particular by the provision of a centre from which advice, support, training and other activities are delivered to help them towards wellbeing and work.

**Activities:** First Stop Darlington provides a Wellbeing and Work Hub in the town centre of Darlington and houses a range of practical, free facilities and activities designed to help people navigate from life events and difficulties through to having control of their destination and plan how to get there, no matter what the future vision is.

**Area of benefit:** BOROUGH OF DARLINGTON




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Darlington



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £235037 | £231629 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £263371 | £262554 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £196344 | £219077 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £143588 | £149587 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £239584 | £168989 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Bernadette Mary Chapman — appointed March 8, 2016
- Christine Tarran — appointed June 24, 2025
- David Hemingway — appointed Aug. 20, 2025
- Debra Irving — appointed March 3, 2020
- JOHN WILLIAM KILGOUR — appointed Sept. 29, 2014