Overall GiG Score: 4 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +3
    • Grant maker support: +1

    THE ST ALBANS & HARPENDEN CHRISTIAN EDUCATION PROJECT 

    Step contributes to the life of schools by teaching lessons, taking assemblies and running whole-day interactive seminars. Topics include insights into Christian belief and practice and moral, cultural and social issues, to enable young people to take informed decisions. Step assists with pastoral work including by mentoring and one-to-one support and engages in the social life of schools.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    Established: 22 years

    www.stepschoolswork.org.uk

    step@stepschoolswork.org.uk

    01727 893540

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    UN SDGs
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    Financial Data ?

    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
    31/08/23£375£227£148n/an/an/an/an/a61
    31/08/22£195£190£5n/an/an/an/an/a25
    31/08/21£218£169£49n/an/an/an/an/a20
    31/08/20£198£178£20n/an/an/an/an/a40
    31/08/19£174£182£-8n/an/an/an/an/a40
    31/08/18£169£169£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/17£148£141£6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/16£139£137£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/15£120£121£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/14£131£123£8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/13£105£134£-29£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/12£125£96£29£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/11£68£81£-14£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/10£91£70£21£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/09£62£64£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/08£69£74£-5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/07£53£56£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/06?*£51£32£18£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/05£45£47£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/04£45£41£4£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    What it does
    • Education/Training
    • Religious Activities
    Who works here?
    • 61 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    How it operates
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Hertfordshire,

    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Joseph Rank Trust - St Albans & Harpenden Christian Education Project
    £30,000 01/02/2019
    36
    To fund the running costs of the project

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/03/2002, number: 1091290
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • 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
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR06: 46 days late,
    Main office

    Step
    c/o St. Albans Vineyard Church
    Brick Knoll Park
    ST. ALBANS
    Herts
    AL1 5UG

    Objectives

    THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) IN THE CITY OF DISTRICT OF ST ALBANS AND IN OTHER PLACES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE (THE AREA OF BENEFIT)1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL CHURCHES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH SET OUT IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE HERETO (THE BASIS OF FAITH)2) IN PARTICULAR, TO TEACH AND PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND CHRISTIAN STANDARDS IN SCHOOLS OR IN OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    ST ALBANS

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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