Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 6

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 1

STEPPING STONES DS

Stepping Stones DS supports children and young people with Down Syndrome in North Hampshire, South East Berkshire and West Surrey. The group provides a wide range of support, activities and services for members and their families. All of these are designed to build confidence and support our members in reaching their potential.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/08/22	£116,455	£131,210	£-14,755	10
31/08/21	£56,904	£90,466	£-33,562	8
31/08/20	£55,713	£92,041	£-36,328	5

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.steppingstonesds.co.uk

admin@steppingstonesds.co.uk

01252417014

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bracknell Forest, Hampshire, Surrey,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
The Foyle Foundation	£15,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,980
Co-Operative Group	£7,601
Community Foundation for Surrey	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	09/09/2022	Stepping Stones DS Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Stepping Stones DS Social and recreation projects
£9,980	01/07/2022	The funding will be used to provide a series of social recreational and learning activities for children with Down's Syndrome to play with other children
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£15,000	08/02/2022	towards Mainstream School Outreach programme to support children with Down Syndrome over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Community Foundation for Surrey - Mainstream School Outreach
£5,000	04/11/2021 10	Funding towards a training and support programme for students with Downs Syndrome in mainstream schools, and their teachers.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Stepping Stones DS
£7,601	23/10/2021	The Mainstream School Outreach programme presents an opportunity for schools to incorporate professional advice from specialists that helps all pupils to integrate positively including those with DS.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

DESPINA PAPADIMITRIOU Appointed: 2019

DIANE MARIE WALTERS Appointed: 2023

ELIZABETH PHILLIPOU Appointed: 2019

IRENE ARTHUR (Chair) Appointed: 2020

JAQUELINE MACKENZIE Appointed: 2019

JOSHUA MCCORMACK Appointed: 2019

LAURA BRYANT Appointed: 2021

REBECCA HITCH Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/04/2019, number: 1182787

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from STEPPING STONES DS on 20/08/2020

Main office

Stepping Stones D S
Sentinel House
Harvest Crescent
FLEET
GU51 2UZ

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME, THEIR FAMILIES, HELPERS, CARERS, AND PROFESSIONALS WITHIN ENGLAND BY PROVIDING FACILITIES, SERVICES AND OTHER SUCH CHARITABLE SUPPORT AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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