STEPPING STONES

Registered charity 1043390 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Stepping Stones North Wales

Provides free counselling, psychoeducational courses and resources, group activities, education and outreach events to adults who have been sexually abused as children

Objects

A. TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, OF PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION AND INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELLING. B. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS WORKING WITH THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, INFORMATION, CONSULTATION AND SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: CLWYD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (28/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Conwy · Denbighshire · Flintshire · Gwynedd · Isle Of Anglesey · Wrexham

Income and spending