LISTER STEPS LIMITED

Registered charity 1083268 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Childcare services: day nursery, after school, breakfast club, playgroup, playschemes enabling parents to access employment, education or training. Lister Steps provides training for staff and opportunities for placements and voluntary work for students and members of the community.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ( WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF TUEBROOK MERSEYSIDE) ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER, RACE, AGE, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION AND IN PARTICULAR CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH:3.1 PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURETIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN TUEBROOK:3.2 PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON PROVIDING ACCESS TO SUCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BY REASON OF SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE OTHERWISE UNABLE TO GAIN SUCH ACCESS:3.3 PROVIDE ADVICE, INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE IN RELATION TO CITIZENSHIP SO AS TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND POTENTIAL OF INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED3.4 TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT BY THE:3.4.1 PROVISION OF ADVICE AND TRAINING TO UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS CONCERNING UNEMPLOYMENT, SELF EMPLOYMENT AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CO-OPERATIVE ENTERPRISES AND THE PROVISION OF CV WRITING, JOB SEARCH AND JOB CLUB FACILITIES FOR THEM;3.4.2 PROVISION OF PRACTICAL SUPPORT TO UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE BY WAY OF ACCOMMODATION, CHILDCARE FACILITIES OR ASSISTANCE WITH TRAVEL:3.4.3 PROVISION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS AT BELOW MARKET OR SUBSIDISED RENTS TO BUSINESSES STARTING UP;3.4.4 PROVISION OF CAPITAL GRANTS FOR EQUIPMENT TO NEW BUSINESSES;3.4.5 PAYMENT TO EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES TO TAKE ON ADDITIONAL STAFF FROM AMONGST UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE.3.5 PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT REGENERATION IN TUEBROOK AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:3.5.1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY :3.5.2 THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT3.5.3 THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIME 3.3

Area of benefit: MERSEYSIDE,

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a small surplus of £3,887 for the year, with total income rising to £674,466. However, the charity faced significant cashflow pressures, noting that meeting payroll obligations was difficult in some months and that it carries high levels of bad debt in its nursery operations. Despite these liquidity challenges and a disputed water bill, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate reserves and access to funding to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lister Steps (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alex Williams
• Alienor Pettersen
• Ann Beattie
• Cath Morgan
• Chris Pover
• Jeremy Mark Spencer

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST BEDE'S CHILDCARE LIMITED.

• ST BEDE'S CHILDCARE LIMITED income £3.9m
• SAWSTON CHILDCARE LIMITED income £1.0m
• Chiltern Nursery and Training College income £2.8m
• KELTON NURSERY income £1000k
• BOLTON LOW HOUSES CHILDCARE UNIT income £295k
• PENRHYN PLAYGROUP income £440k

Side by side with its peers

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