# COMMUNITY FIRST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 288117
- **Other names:** COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR WILTSHIRE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 30, 1983
- **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=288117


## Contact

- **Address:** Unit C2 Beacon Business Centre, Hopton Road, DEVIZES
- **Postcode:** SN10 2EY
- **Phone:** 01380722475
- **Email:** enquiries@communityfirst.org.uk
- **Website:** www.communityfirst.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** A (1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE WILTSHIRE AND SWINDON BY ASSISTING THE WORK OF STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN ADVANCING EDUCATION, FURTHERING HEALTH,  RELIEVING POVERTY DISTRESS OR SICKNESS, IMPROVING THE SKILL OF COUNTY CRAFTSMEN, OR IN PURSUING ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES. (2) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SAID PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AUTHORITIES AND ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE SAID PURPOSES WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE.TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:B (1) THE PROVISION MAINTENANCE OR IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS RECREATION GROUNDS OR OPEN SPACES; OR(2) THE MAINTENANCE REPAIR OR RESTORATION OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES WHICH ARE PLACES OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP OR OF HISTORIC, SCIENTIFIC OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST; OR(3) THE PROVISION OF SOME OTHER PUBLIC AMENITYIN EACH CASE IN THE VICINITY OF A LANDFILL SITE, AND "LANDFILL SITE" SHALL HAVE THE MEANING ASCRIBED TO IT BY SECTION 66 OF THE FINANCE ACT 1996; AND BY(4) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN THE BENEFITS TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; OR(5) CARRYING OUT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTO SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH; ANDSUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES INCLUDING WASTE MINIMISATION, MINIMISATION OF POLLUTION AND HARM FROM WASTE, REUSE OF WASTE, RECYCLING OF WASTE, WASTE RECOVERY ACTIVITIES AND THE CLEARING OF POLLUTANTS FROM CONTAMINATED LAND.

**Activities:** An independent charity working to improve the quality of life and the economic well-being of people in Wiltshire and Swindon.Community First provides technical advice, practical support and grant aid for a range of community based projects.

**Area of benefit:** COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Swindon
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £3310973 | £2932498 | £2259685 | 57 |
| March 31, 2024 | £2299429 | £2322407 | £1881210 | 46 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2300961 | £2327031 | £1904188 | 49 |
| March 31, 2022 | £2137356 | £1997058 | £1930258 | 47 |
| March 31, 2021 | £2212297 | £2097117 | £1779960 | 49 |



## Trustees

- Dr Catherine Phillips — appointed June 18, 2025
- EDWARD WILLIAM HEARD — appointed Sept. 17, 2012
- Fiona Slevin-Brown — appointed Oct. 15, 2024
- JAMES MOODY — appointed Nov. 28, 2016
- Merope Sylvester — appointed June 1, 2021
- Michael Brooks — appointed July 23, 2024
- PIERS FARQUHAR DIBBEN
- Philip Addis — appointed July 23, 2024
- Steven Boocock — appointed Oct. 7, 2015
- Tim Humphreys — appointed July 23, 2024