Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

STEP BY STEP LONDON 

The Charity provides out-of-school hours activities for children with disabilities in the London Boroughs of Hackney and Haringey. The Charity's aims are to provide social, leisure and developmental benefits to children and young people with disabilities and provide support and respite to their families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 13 years

www.stepbystepkids.org.uk

ehoffman@stepbystepkids.org.uk

02088022362

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
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
31/03/23£1,433£1,402£31£39£419£3603.1235358
31/03/22£990£990£0£10£385£3093.7210321
31/03/21£996£991£4£57£385£2903.5310360
31/03/20£921£897£23£59£381£2673.6247358
31/03/19£718£711£8£45£357£2524.3239162
31/03/18*£854£853£1£66£349£2493.5520
31/03/17*£663£723£-59£69£348£3155.2500
31/03/16£687£639£48£59£408£3636.8500
31/03/15£559£546£13£52£360£3497.7500
31/03/14£546£597£-52£28£347£3296.6160
31/03/13£945£547£399£25£399£3798.3160
31/03/12*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 3.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnet, Gateshead, Hackney, Haringey, Manchester City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 235 employees
  • 358 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
City Bridge Trust£257,700
The Childhood Trust£154,997
DCMS£61,720
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£30,000
BBC Children in Need£30,000
Sport England£24,000
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving and LBH Cost of Living
£5,000 05/09/2023
Food at Stay'n'play sessions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stay'N'Play
£10,000 16/09/2022
The funding will be used to run an after-school club for approximately 45 children 3-12 suffering from mild to severe physical/emotional/learning disabilities where children are provided with calming ....more
The Childhood Trust - C-59000
£25,000 28/06/2022
We will provide after-school Stay & Play sessions 5 days a week, from 3:30-6:30 for 80-100 children with moderate/severe disabilities. Children will come to our hub directly from school to be ....more
The Childhood Trust - Play and Learn Together
£25,000 12/06/2022
To provide 24 days of play scheme, during school holidays, for 80 children and young people with disabilities.
The Childhood Trust - Lets take a break from Covid
£25,000 22/06/2021
We will provide Covid-safe after school Stay & Play sessions for 55 children with moderate/severe disabilities. Children will be served a hot meal, and will enjoy a range of activities designed ....more
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£9,000 11/01/2021
7
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Cycling project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
The Childhood Trust - Stay and Play every day
£25,000 08/12/2020
Meals for the disabled will provide nutritious and healthy meals for disabled children and young people. The meals will be suited to the diets of each individual disabled child and will be served at ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£61,720 05/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
The Childhood Trust - Helping Hands in the Holidays
£24,997 03/07/2020
School holidays can be a nightmare for disabled children and their parents. Long days with no way to occupy themselves, inability to move around freely and lack of structured activities makes the ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£5,000 11/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Step By Step
£10,000 15/05/2020
A grant of £10,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Step By Step
£30,000 19/03/2020
36
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Step by Step
£247,700 30/01/2020
60
£247,700 over five years towards the salary and running costs of dedicated weekly arts, crafts and music sessions for 48 disabled young people aged 4 – 18 years.
The Childhood Trust - Sports for the Special
£15,000 10/12/2019
Sports for the Special' will provide sports sessions for 160 disabled children and teens aged 0-19. Children will choose from a range of activities including swimming, hydro-therapy swimming, ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Step by Step
£11,500 07/11/2019
refurbishment of a sensory room for a charity which works with children with disabilities in London
Sport England - Cycling Success
£10,000 07/08/2019
14
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Cycling Success. This project is a Cycling project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
The Childhood Trust - Summer Give 2019
£15,000 17/06/2019
Step by Step will provide 3 weeks of summer playscheme provision for children with moderate/severe disabilities in Hackney. Children will be supported on a 1:1 basis by trained play workers to enable ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Whoosh through the air!
£10,000 23/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to run ice skating sessions for children and young people living with physical, emotional and learning impairments. The project aims to support their self-development.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Step by Step
£30,000 21/05/2019
36
This project will provide a summer holiday play scheme for disabled young people in Hackney. The activities will improve safety, increase friendships and improve confidence.
The Childhood Trust - Big Dinner 2019
£24,375 17/04/2019
Step by Step aim to provide disadvantaged children with disabilities age 2-18 who come from low income homes
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Step by Step London
£560 06/02/2019
towards a one day trip to an activity farm for a group of disadvantaged children from the London Boroughs of Hackney and Haringey
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2018
£5,000 04/12/2018
'iCAN' will provide fun, enriching sport, art and recreational activities for 160 disabled children and teens (moderate/high needs) aged 0-19. Children will choose one or more of weekly: swimming, ....more
The Childhood Trust - Summer Give 2018
£8,750 15/06/2018
'iCAN' will provide fun, enriching sport, art and recreational activities for 160 disabled children and teens (moderate/high needs) aged 0-19. Children will choose one or more of weekly: swimming, ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 14/09/2017
The iCan Swim Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Stay and Play
£9,995 06/09/2017
12
This project will provide soft-play and sensory equipment which will be used by children who are living with disabilities, providing stimulating activities to help develop their skills.
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2016
£10,000 02/12/2016
'iCAN' will provide fun, enriching sport, art and recreational activities for 160 disabled children and teens (moderate/high needs) aged 0-19. Children will choose one or more of weekly: swimming, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Step Up
£10,000 27/09/2013
12
This is a project by a community organisation in Hackney. The group will use the funding to run a Sunday activity club for girls aged 11-18 living with disabilities. This will give beneficiaries a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Step by Step
£306,388 03/09/2013
60
Through expanding the provision of play and sporting activities, this existing project by Step by Step (SBS) based in Stamford Hill will improve the confidence and health of vulnerable disabled ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sailing to Success
£10,000 07/07/2011
12
This is a project by a charity in Hackney and Haringey. The group will use funding to run a sailing club for young Jewish males with disabilities. This will enable beneficiaries to learn new skills ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/09/2011, number: 1143986
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/04/2011, number: 07597656
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
  • 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
12 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR12: 2 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from OPEN DOORS on 20/06/2022
Main office

39 High Road
London
N15 6DS

Objectives

1. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS PRIMARILY FROM THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, WITH PHYSICAL, BEHAVIOURAL AND/OR LEARNING DISABILITIES IN THE LONDON AREA BY DEVELOPING THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, LEADING TO A MORE PRODUCTIVE FUTURE AND POSSIBLE FUTURE EMPLOYMENT.2. TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, THERAPIES OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.3. TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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