Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 7

STEPS CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION CENTRE

Steps provides: A unique service using the principles of Conductive Education for children with conditions that cause motor impairments or motor delay such as Cerebral Palsy or Down's Syndrome. Steps also offer support for children attending mainstream school in the form of a gym club. Support is given to the whole family by providing parents with the knowledge they need to understand their child.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 27 years

www.stepscentre.org.uk

info@stepscentre.org.uk

01509506878

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£244	£256	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22		£204	£240	£-36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/21		£306	£231	£76	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/20		£230	£217	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/19		£173	£218	£-46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/18		£212	£268	£-56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£148	£293	£-145	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£182	£311	£-129	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£196	£308	£-112	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£256	£322	£-66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£353	£374	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£204	£307	£-103	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£235	£312	£-77	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£250	£281	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£151	£182	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£874	£212	£662	£5	£991	£74	4.2	8	0
31/03/07	*	£297	£94	£203	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£183	£102	£80	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£80	£85	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£76	£95	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

BBC Children in Need	£104,999
Henry Smith Charity	£60,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
True Colours Trust	£1,800

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Steps Conductive Education Centre
£20,000	05/12/2023	towards two years‘ salary and on costs of a Conductor for a project providing conductive education to families and children with motor dysfunctions in Leicestershire.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Steps Conductive Education Centre
£20,000	23/09/2021 24	towards two years' salary of the Team Leader for a project providing conductive education for families and children with motor dysfunctions in Leicestershire.
True Colours Trust - Towards the costs of tablet computers and a laptop to enable remote sessions for disabled children
£1,800	14/09/2021	Towards the costs of tablet computers and a laptop to enable remote sessions for disabled children.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to STEPS - Conductive Education Centre
£5,000	17/06/2020 6	COVID19 - This project provides online sessions during Covid-19 through an adapted website for children aged 0-15 who have motor dysfunction affecting their quality of life. Outcomes are increased ....more COVID19 - This project provides online sessions during Covid-19 through an adapted website for children aged 0-15 who have motor dysfunction affecting their quality of life. Outcomes are increased independence, improved self-esteem and physical well-being.
National Lottery Community Fund - Steps Online
£10,000	15/05/2020 11	The group will use the funding to offer a variety of online sessions for children who are living with disabilities. This will reduce isolation and help people to reach their potential.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to STEPS - Conductive Education Centre
£99,999	26/06/2019 36	This project supports children aged 0-15 who have motor dysfunction or delay affecting their quality of life. Outcomes are increased independence, improved self-esteem and physical well-being.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Steps Conductive Education Centre
£20,000	12/06/2019 24	towards two years' salary costs of a Team Leader for a project providing conductive education to families and children with motor dysfunctions in Leicestershire
National Lottery Community Fund - Little Steps
£10,000	23/05/2019 12	The funding will be used to deliver a conductive education group for young children living with mobility issues. The project aims to improve their engagement and state of wellbeing.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Steps Conductive Education Centre
£7,560	08/06/2017 12	towards one year's running costs of a specialist conductive education centre in Leicestershire for children with motor dysfunctions and their families
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Steps Conductive Education Centre
£10,000	17/09/2015 12	towards the cost of fitting new windows in a building used by a project that provides help and support to disabled children and their families in Leicestershire

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Gender Split

DAVID MICHAEL ANDREWS DL Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeships: THE SIR ANDREW MARTIN TRUST FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, LEICESTERSHIRE, LEICESTER AND RUTLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION,

DR ANGELA ISABELA AGNES LENNOX CBE DL Appointed: 2023

JOHN JOSEPH MONTAGUE (Chair), Other trusteeship: CIRCLE COMMUNITY LTD,

JEANETTE ELIZABETH COOPER-HUDSON Appointed: 2020

LAURA BEALES Appointed: 2017

MR TONY CARR B.ENG HONS. C. ENG, MIET

ROSEMARY JEAN NEIL RIMMINGTON CBE

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/06/1997, number: 1063143

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR07: 69 days late,

Main office

The Old School
40 Loughborough Road
Shepshed
LOUGHBOROUGH
LE12 9DN

Objectives

1)TO PROVIDE CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN UNDER 5 WHO HAVE CEREBRAL PALSY OR ALLIED CONDITIONS, WHO WILL NORMALLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY PARENTS/CARERS 2) TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE ONGOING SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN OVER 5 WHO HAVE CEREBRAL PALSY, INCLUDING AN ANNUAL SUMMERSCHOOL 3) TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE ONGOING SUPPORT FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN WITH WHATEVER THE ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS ARE, AND IN ADDITION THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDENTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL SUPPORT AND INFORMATION.4)TO PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION WITH THE STATUTORY BODIES, HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES, IN THE COUNTY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LEICESTERSHIRE AND ACCESSIBLE AREAS

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