Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 2

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -3

STEP AND LEARN

We offer free Conductive Education for children with Cerebral Palsy and associated motor disorders. We take children from birth up to the age of five from Tuesdays to Fridays, and from five to sixteen on Saturdays. A summer and winter club is also provided out of term time. We operate throughout Kent. Currently we have 53 children.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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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		£61	£46	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22	*	£59	£73	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£80	£76	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/20		£68	£97	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/19	*	£119	£84	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/18		£87	£84	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£78	£75	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£80	£80	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£46	£63	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£67	£43	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£36	£37	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

www.stepandlearn.com

info@stepandlearn.org

07446975693

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Child day-care services

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Kent, Medway,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Step and Learn
£3,000	17/06/2020 6	COVID19 - This grant will provide online provision to support children and young people with Cerebral Palsy who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, and help them to develop essential skills.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Step and Learn
£3,477	15/11/2019	We offer conductive education for children diagnosed with cerebral palsy, global developmental delay and other associated motor disorders.
National Lottery Community Fund - Conductive Education for Disabled Children
£50,000	19/06/2018 12	The group will provide conductive education for children with Cerebral Palsy and other motor disorders, which aims to reduce their dependence on artificial aids. The project will also involve the ....more The group will provide conductive education for children with Cerebral Palsy and other motor disorders, which aims to reduce their dependence on artificial aids. The project will also involve the children's families and will address every aspect of a child's life. Children and their parents will learn, support and encourage each other in order to reduce isolation and increase confidence and abilities, so children can achieve their full potential.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Step and Learn
£30,000	10/08/2017 36	This three year project will support 50 children and young people with Cerebral Palsy to develop their physical skills to do everyday tasks. The project will help children to reach their full ....more This three year project will support 50 children and young people with Cerebral Palsy to develop their physical skills to do everyday tasks. The project will help children to reach their full potential, enhance physical wellbeing and build confidence.
National Lottery Community Fund - Step and Learn - Free Conductive Education
£10,000	08/06/2016 12	This organisation will use the funding to extend its pilot scheme of conductive education for young children with Cerebral Palsy. This will improve the lives of children with Cerebral Palsy through ....more This organisation will use the funding to extend its pilot scheme of conductive education for young children with Cerebral Palsy. This will improve the lives of children with Cerebral Palsy through education and motivational sessions to encourage them to become active participants and control their physical movements.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-40

CHARLOTTE STREATFIELD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trustee

KAREN PARSLER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trustee

PATRICK LENARD BARDEN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Student

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/08/2012, number: 1148686
Registered at Companies House on 15/03/2011, number: 07564050

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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

11 returns made; AR22: 2 days late, AR19: 6 days late, AR13: 112 days late,

Main office

Shimran
Pear Tree Lane
Shorne
GRAVESEND
Kent
DA12 3JX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE CARE, WELFARE, INTEREST, TREATMENT, EDUCATION AND ADVANCEMENT IN THE MEDWAY TOWN AND DISTRICT OF CEREBRAL PALSIED PERSONS (WHICH EXPRESSION IN THESE PRESENTS SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY FORM OF CERBRAL PALSY AND OTHER DISABLED PERSONS, AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT:(A) TO PROVIDE, MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT CLINICS, TREATMENT AND TRAINING CENTRES, NURSERIES, DAY AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT CENTRES, HOLIDAY CAMPS AND HOMES, CLUBS, HOSTELS AND OTHER FOUNDATIONS.(B) TO PROVIDE AND ENCOURAGE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR DIAGNOSIS, MEDICAL PHYSICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENT WITH ALL NECESSARY APPLIANCES, THERAPIES AND EDUCATION.(C) TO TAKE ALL MEASURES TO ASSIST CEREBRAL PALSIED PERSONS AND OTHER DISABLED PERSONS, SO FAR ASIT IS POSSIBLE, TO ACHIEVE SELF DETERMINATION.(D) TO PROMOTE, CONDUCT, ENGAGE IN RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL WORK CALCULATED TO BE OF BENEFITTO CEREBRAL PALSIED PERSONS AND INTO THE PREVENTION OF CEREBRAL PALSY.(E) TO COLLECT AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION RELATING TO THE FORE-GOING OBJECTS AND EXCHANGE SUCH INFORMATION WITH OTHER BODIES HAVING SIMILAR OBJECTS AND SPECIFICALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY;(1) TO CAUSE TO BE WRITTEN AND PRINTED OR OTHERWISE ORIGINATED OR REPRODUCED, ANDTO BE PUBLISHED OR CIRCULATED WHETHER GRATUITOUSLY OR NOT ANY NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, MAGAZINES, BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, LEAFLETS, OR OTHER DOCUMENTS OR FILMS OR RECORDED TAPES;(2) TO ARRANGE AND PROVIDE FOR OR JOIN IN ARRANGING AND PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF EXHIBITIONS, MEETINGS, LECTURES, CLASSES, SEMINARS AND TRAINING COURSES.(F) TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TO MAKE GRANTS AND DONATIONS TO PROVIDE, EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS FOR CEREBRAL PALSIED PERSONS OR OTHER DISABLED PERSONS AND GENERALLY TO PROVIDE ANY SUCH OTHER ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL OR CENTRAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF PERSONS CALCULATED TO BE OF BENEFIT TO CEREBRAL PALSIED PERSONS COLLECTIVELY OR INDIVIDUALLY.

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