THE ST ALBANS & HARPENDEN CHRISTIAN EDUCATION PROJECT

Registered charity 1091290 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STEP

Step contributes to the life of schools by teaching lessons, taking assemblies and running whole-day interactive seminars. Topics include insights into Christian belief and practice and moral, cultural and social issues, to enable young people to take informed decisions. Step assists with pastoral work including by mentoring and one-to-one support and engages in the social life of schools.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) IN THE CITY OF DISTRICT OF ST ALBANS AND IN OTHER PLACES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE (THE AREA OF BENEFIT)1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL CHURCHES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH SET OUT IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE HERETO (THE BASIS OF FAITH)2) IN PARTICULAR, TO TEACH AND PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND CHRISTIAN STANDARDS IN SCHOOLS OR IN OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE

Area of benefit: ST ALBANS

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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Registered contact address: St Albans, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts for the period were £226,234, while total payments amounted to £267,348, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £141,973 and restricted cash funds of £7,674 at the end of the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• WILL TREASUREchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hannah Charlotte Goatly
• Philip Nicholas Ioannou · trustee of 4 other charities
• Rev Graham Clarke · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Charles Patrick Clarke · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STEPPING STONES OF CHESTER.

• STEPPING STONES OF CHESTER income £246k
• ST CHRISTOPHER'S EDUCATIONAL TRUST (INCORPORATING THE HUGHES AND STEVENS BEQUEST) income £1.1m
• STEPS AHEAD LTD income £53k
• STEPPING STONES LEARNING AND LEISURE income £80k
• STEPPING STONES CHILDCARE (CORNWALL) income £502k
• Steps Conductive Education Centre income £244k

Side by side with its peers

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