Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

STEPPING STONES FOR FAMILIES 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 36 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £1,395,540 £1,375,383 £1,353,546 £1,405,467 £1,107,084
Donations & Legacies £208 £1,644 £847 £946 £3,325
Other Income
Investment Income £1,295 £2,301 £2,685 £268 £1,866
Total income £1,398,222 £1,380,765 £1,359,260 £1,408,801 £1,312,170 £1,112,426
Charitable activities spending £1,302,004 £1,370,359 £1,448,566 £1,372,703 £1,292,880
Fundraising costs 0% 1%
Other spending
Total spending £1,302,004 £1,370,359 £1,449,016 £1,372,703 £1,448,309 £1,292,880
Surplus/deficit £96,218 £10,406 -£89,756 £36,098 -£136,139 -£180,454
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Renfrewshire
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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
William Grant Foundation£410,500
National Lottery Community Fund£270,975
Scottish Government£40,040
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
William Grant Foundation - General Operating Support 2024
£33,000 30/09/2023
Unrestricted funding for this family support charity in Glasgow and South Ayrshire in 2024. Keywords: holistic family support; first 1,000 days; parenting support; perinatal; peer support
William Grant Foundation - Carrick Money Advice Service 2023 - 2024
£102,500 20/01/2023
Contribution to the costs of the Carrick Money Advice Service for two years. Keywords: cost of living; financial advice; poverty; rural; families; income maximisation
National Lottery Community Fund - Power of Play Project
£149,668 14/07/2022
The group will use the funding to continue to deliver an early intervention family support service for families and young children (aged 0-5 years) in the Townhead area of Glasgow. The project will ....more
William Grant Foundation - General operating support 2022-2023
£60,000 28/09/2021
24
Unrestricted funding for this family support charity in Glasgow and South Ayrshire in 2022 & 2023. Keywords: holistic family support; first 1,000 days; parenting support; perinatal; peer support
William Grant Foundation - Carrick Money Advice Service 2020 - 22
£115,000 17/11/2020
24
Towards the cost of sustaining the Carrick Money Advice Service which provides income maximisation and financial literacy support to families with children and young people up to the age of 24.
Scottish Government - Stepping Stones For Families
£40,040 12/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
William Grant Foundation - General operating support 2020-21
£50,000 20/04/2020
12
Unrestricted funding to support this family support charity to sustain services during the year ahead. The grant is unrestricted but was made in response to the organisation's intent to sustain its ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Power of Play ? Family Play in the Community
£121,307 12/03/2020
24
This group will use the funding to continue delivering family support sessions for the BAMER community in Townhead. Activities will address social isolation, build resilience and develop a sense of ....more
William Grant Foundation - Carrick Money Advice Service
£50,000 10/01/2020
12
Towards the cost of sustaining for one year the Carrick Money Advice Service which provides income maximisation and financial literacy support to families with children and young people up to the age ....more
Glasgow City Council - Stepping Stones for Families - Glasgow Wide
£381,132 21/03/2019
Contribution to city wide provision of a range of family support, childcare and respite services
Glasgow City Council - Stepping Stones for Families - Glasgow Wide
£27,887 15/03/2019
Contribution to city wide provision of a range of family support, childcare and respite services
Robertson Trust - Carrick Money Advice and Family Support Service
£51,000 04/12/2018
Carrick Money Advice and Family Support Service
Glasgow City Council - Stepping Stones for Families - Glasgow Wide
£381,132 31/05/2018
Contribution to city wide provision of a range of family support, childcare and respite services
Glasgow City Council - Stepping Stones for Families - Glasgow Wide
£27,887 31/05/2018
Contribution to city wide provision of a range of family support, childcare and respite services
National Lottery Community Fund - Stepping Stones for Families - The Power of Play Project
£129,670 20/12/2017
24
This project will work with minority ethnic families in Townhead to address isolation and help them to develop a sense of belonging to the community. The group will put together a programme of Family ....more
Comic Relief - Carrick Money Advice Service
£116,957 18/03/2015
36
Rural South Ayrshire has above average levels of unemployment. The local authority has identified child poverty as a key local priority. Stepping Stones For Families provides the only Money Advice ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Wellbeing Service
£842,455 11/12/2013
60
This project will support parents with young children living in disadvantaged communities to improve their parenting skills and their relationships with their families and communities. It will ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Directors: 33-82
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 26/10/1988, number: SC004894
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/10/1988, number: SC114228
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Studio 3003a, Mile End Mill, 12 Seedhill Road, Paisley, PA1 1JS

Objectives

5.1 the advancement of education and social development of children, the parents and the families of such children and other appropriate persons. to encourage the study of the needs and problems of children and their parents and to stimulate and educate the public interest in this and other related educational and social fields. and 5.2 the advancement of citizenship or community development to encourage theformation, maintenance and development of Family Centres, and development of Family Support, Childcare Services and other appropriatecommunity development activities. and 5.3 the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreationalactivities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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