FOOTSTEPS INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1091026 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Footsteps International aims to put into practice Jesus Christ's command that we should Love God and our neighbour as ourselves. We are committed to helping some of the world's poorest and most needy people. Most of our work is in Kenya where we care for and rehabilitate street children, provide homes for orphaned and abandoned children and support school children in the slums.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£279k

Latest spending

£280k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £69,662 at the end of the year, which the trustees note amounts to around three months' requirements against a policy aim of holding four months' expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £1,193 for the year, with total income of £277,829 and total expenditure of £278,608.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: individual donors (50% of income)

“50% of our income came from individual donors, including 150 who gave generously through monthly standing orders.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £70k)

“At the end of the 2025 Footsteps had unrestricted reserves of £69,662 which amounts to around three months’ requirements.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Footsteps International (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

MARTIN HENRY PRINTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Alison Wendy Print
Barrie Francis
Benjamin James Douglas Gardner
Paul Andrew Robinson

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

Operates in: Kenya

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£279k	£280k
31/12/2024	£256k	£296k
31/12/2023	£313k	£270k
31/12/2022	£369k	£345k
31/12/2021	£256k	£246k

Common questions

Is FOOTSTEPS INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £69,662 at the end of the year, which the trustees note amounts to around three months' requirements against a policy aim of holding four months' expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £1,193 for the year, with total income of £277,829 and total expenditure of £278,608. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FOOTSTEPS INTERNATIONAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FOOTSTEPS INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include THE BORROWS CHARITABLE TRUST, ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE STERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION, THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHISLEHURST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BORROWS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£60k
THE BORROWS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£33k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2022	£15k
THE STERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k	International
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE STERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k	International
THE STERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHISLEHURST	FY2021	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHISLEHURST	FY2022	£2k
THE STERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£2k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k	International
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHISLEHURST	FY2023	£1k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k	INTERNATIONAL
THE ALLEN TRUST	FY2022	£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHISLEHURST	FY2024	£20

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE REED FOUNDATION	2	£15k
START NETWORK	1	£919k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATION	1	£114k
PLAN INTERNATIONAL UK	1	£103k
Christ Church with St Andrew the Less Cambridge	1	£74k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY RUSHOLME	1	£73k
WYCLIFFE BAPTIST CHURCH	1	£39k
THE ALMOND TRUST	1	£35k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOOTSTEPS FOUNDATION.

FOOTSTEPS FOUNDATION income £237k
ONE FOOTSTEP income £546k
BAREFOOT COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL UK income £336k
STEP (UK) LTD income £225k
CARE INTERNATIONAL UK income £64.1m
FRIENDS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES income £2.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FOOTSTEPS INTERNATIONAL	£279k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
FOOTSTEPS FOUNDATION FY2025	£237k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ONE FOOTSTEP FY2025	£546k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BAREFOOT COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL UK FY2025	£336k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STEP (UK) LTD FY2024	£225k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CARE INTERNATIONAL UK FY2025	£64.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.