THE FIRST STEP LTD

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  Confirmation statement overdue

  Due 2026-03-26.

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. THE FIRST STEP LTD 2014-11-25 → present
2. KNOWSLEY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT SERVICES 1996-03-14 → 2014-11-25

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

DSG Audit

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

• “This year we delivered the first Domestic Abuse Conference in Knowsley - Voices for Change, providing a platform for both national and local voices, with guest speakers including the Domestic Abuse Commissioner Nicole Jacobs, the Centre for Women's Justice, Women's Aid, and the Femicide Census.”
• “We partnered with Amazon UK to launch a new work placement scheme, supporting survivors to rebuild their lives through meaningful employment opportunities.”
• “We also commissioned and published Femicide in Merseyside - 15 Years of Failing Women, a landmark report highlighting systemic failings and calling for urgent reform.”
• “Two big achievements this year which I would like to focus on are The Femicide In Merseyside report and the 'Voices For Change' Conference”
• “Caroline, our CEO, took the lead in galvanising the specialist VAWG sector who commissioned and funded a review into the deaths of women and girls in Merseyside since 2009. The first of its kind across the UK.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -7.3%

  £1,515,806 → £1,404,742

• Cash

  +22.1%

  £549,066 → £670,409

• Net assets

  +19.1%

  £544,025 → £648,139

• Employees

  +8.3%

  24 → 26

• Wages

  +5.3%

  £709,917 → £747,551

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers