# First Port for Social Entrepreneurs Limited

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC037942
- **Known as:** First Port
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Registered:** March 12, 2007
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC037942


## Contact

- **Address:** Firstport, 7 Montgomery Street Lane, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH7 5JT
- **Website:** www.firstport.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of education','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the promotion of equality and diversity'

**What the charity does:** Firstport is Scotland's agency for start up social enterprise.  We support social entrepreneurs to refine, develop, start up and grow their social enterprises through advice, start up grants, business support, investment readiness support and early stage social investment.

**Beneficiaries:** 'Other defined groups','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

**Objectives:** The company's objects are the advancement of citizenship and community development, the advancement of education and the promotion of equality and diversity through the release of the potential of social entrepreneurship in order to benefit communities and individuals within them, and to promote social change within those communities.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** City of Edinburgh
- **Geographical spread:** Operations cover all or most of Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2725810 | £2874731 |  -  | 21 |  |
| March 31, 2024 | £2721556 | £2353145 |  -  |  -  |  |
| March 31, 2023 | £2372403 | £1979642 |  -  |  -  |  |
| March 31, 2022 | £16797230 | £22846491 |  -  |  -  |  |
| March 31, 2021 | £19176786 | £12085667 |  -  |  -  |  |