Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

STICK 'N' STEP 

Children who attend Stick 'n' Step all have cerebral palsy and other related motor disorders. They come from across the North West of England and North Wales to access our free conductive education sessions. Conductive Education (CE) is based on the premise that people with motor disorders learn best when teaching is tailored to their specific strengths and needs.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 14 years

www.sticknstep.org

info@sticknstep.org

01516380888

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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£597£744£-147£174£126£6012650
31/08/22£599£693£-94£131£273£1502.62650
31/08/21£727£676£52£119£367£2524.52625
31/08/20£720£643£77£120£315£1683.125200
31/08/19£556£623£-67£117£238£1072.123120
31/08/18£575£540£35£106£305£1363190
31/08/17£543£448£95£96£271£952.5140
31/08/16£386£404£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£423£416£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£354£391£-37£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£375£358£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£284£304£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£257£269£-13£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 32%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 23.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 48%
Reserves/Spending: 1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 3.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 26 employees
  • 50 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bury, Cheshire West & Chester, Flintshire, Knowsley, Liverpool City, Oldham, St Helens, Stockport, Warrington, Wirral,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£384,008
Steve Morgan Foundation£90,000
Masonic Trust£53,449
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Cheshire Community Foundation£42,843
DCMS£30,007
CAF£8,670
The Clothworkers Foundation£8,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Stick 'n' Step
£1,616 21/10/2023
We'd like to purchase equipment for sessions for children with cerebral palsy to enable, support and inspire them to learn new skills, giving them a better chance of leading an independent life.
National Lottery Community Fund - Early intervention for children with cerebral palsy
£9,224 26/05/2023
The organisation will address cost of living issues and will provide staff resources and 1:1 sessions to support young children who are impacted by cerebral palsy and undergoing assessments for their ....more
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Inspiring and supporting disabled children in Runcorn, Cheshire
£2,000 17/04/2023
To help support a child with cerebral palsy in accessing Conductive Education sessions for a year where they can improve motor skills, and building their confidence and independence.
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Stick 'n' Step
£90,000 06/12/2022
3 year grant for the Lead Conductor in Runcorn and Lead Conductor and Early Years Teacher in Wallasey
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£53,449 20/07/2022
Grant to fund salary costs of Conductors to support free Conductive education sessions to 109 children and young people with cerebral palsy in Cheshire.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Improving the lives of children and young people living with cerebral palsy
£12,188 10/06/2022
Improving the lives of children and young people living with cerebral palsy
National Lottery Community Fund - Enabling children with cerebral palsy to fulfil their potential
£9,296 11/02/2022
The funding will be used to provide weekly conductive education (CE) sessions to children and young people up to age 25 who have cerebral palsy. The project aims to improve confidence self-belief ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Grant to Stick 'n' Step
£250 08/12/2021
Grant to Stick 'n' Step
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Stick 'n' Step - 07/10/21
£1,500 03/11/2021
Enabling children and young people with cerebral palsy to become more mobile, confident and independent
National Lottery Community Fund - Improvements to outdoor area providing play/learning space for disabled children
£10,000 05/02/2021
4
The funding will be used as a contribution to redesign an outdoor area into an accessible car park and an outdoor play and learning space for children who have cerebral palsy. The project aims to ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Improving the mobility,confidence and independence of children with cerebral palsy
£5,000 04/11/2020
Stick 'n' Step provides Conductive Education (CE) to children and young people with cerebral palsy to teach them key life skills like walking, talking self-feeding, dressing/undressing, using toilet ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Enabling children and young people with cerebral palsy to reach their full potential
£4,523 13/08/2020
Stick ‘n’ Step provides conductive education (CE) to children and young people with cerebral palsy to improve their mobility, confidence and independence, enabling them to reach their full ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,575 17/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£20,432 25/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
CAF - Grant to Stick 'n' Step
£8,670 20/05/2020
3
Grant to Stick 'n' Step to support the organisation through COVID19
Cheshire Community Foundation - Supporting children with cerebral palsy
£4,355 18/04/2020
Stick 'n Step was set up in 2002 by a small group of parents whose children have cerebral palsy and now provides conductive education (CE) to help these children become more mobile, confident and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Stick 'n' Step Cheshire Centre (2)
£345,488 20/03/2020
48
The organisation aims to give opportunities for children with cerebral palsy to become more independent and build confidence as well as provide support for their families also. Funding will enable ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Enabling children with cerebral palsy to fulfil their potential
£10,000 17/01/2020
11
The funding will be used to contribute towards the salary of a Conductor to work with children with cerebral palsy. This specialist member of staff nurtures development through structured programmes ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Stick 'n' Step
£8,000 13/12/2019
installation of new floors for a charity which works with children with disabilities in Merseyside
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000 08/05/2019
Improving the lives of children and young people with cerebral palsy
Cheshire Community Foundation - Improving the lives of children with cerebral palsy
£16,527 07/05/2019
Stick 'n' Step provides weekly conductive education (CE) sessions to children and young people with cerebral palsy and other motor disorders. This project will positively change the lives of these ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving children's confidence
£10,000 28/06/2018
12
The project aims to improve the confidence, mobility and independence of children with Cerebral Palsy through running Conductive Education sessions.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Cheshire Classroom equipment
£4,384 30/11/2017
Stick 'n' Step provides Conductive Education to children and young people with cerebral palsy. Conductive Education improves the mobility, speech and confidence of the children we are working with, ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Stick 'n' Step
£8,863 29/11/2017
To buy classroom equipment to be used in our new centre working with children and young people with cerebral palsy and their families.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 26/09/2017
Supporting children and young people with cerebral palsy.
National Lottery Community Fund - Specialist flooring for Stick 'n' Step's Wirral centre.
£10,000 23/11/2016
12
This is a project that provides free education sessions to children with cerebral palsy to support improved mobility, independence and boost self-confidence. The funding will be used to install a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Stick 'n' Step Cheshire Centre
£391,420 10/08/2016
36
This is the development and continuation of a project delivering support to children and young people with cerebral palsy and their families. The group will establish a new centre and support ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-55
  • CLAIRE HEWITT Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Education And Training Officer
  • FRANK DAVIES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Property Management
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/07/2010, number: 1136997
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/05/2010, number: 07257957
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • Investment
  • 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
13 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY SCHEME on 12/03/2020
Main office

3 Croxteth Avenue
Wallasey
Wirral
CH44 5UL

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE SUFFERING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (AGED 0-25) WITH MOTOR DISORDERS IN PARTICULAR BY MEANS OF CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION. TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, ADVICE AND GUIDANCE TO THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE, THE WIRRAL

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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