THE NEXT STEP TRUST
Registered charity 1114197 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
PROVISION OF A DAY CARE CENTRE TO SUPPORT & PROVIDE OPPERTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH COMPLEX DISABILITIES.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £201,843 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds held increasing to £2,854,811. The trustees consider funds held to be adequate, noting that unrestricted current assets less liabilities stood at £809,219, of which £407,674 was designated for specific purposes. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £402k)
“The Charity holds £809,219 (2024 - £1,207,365) in unrestricted current assets less liabilities. Of this, £407,674 (2024 - £354,265) has been designated by the Trustees for specific purposes.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rent paid to Community Foundation for Calderdale, a charitable company of which the Chief Executive Officer is also a director and trustee.
“Rent of £11,458 (2024: £12,500) was paid to Community Foundation for Calderdale, a charitable company of which the Chief Executive Officer is also a director and trustee.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Cresswells Accountants (UK) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Preet Sandhu — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Christine Naylor — Trustee & Co-Chair (source)
- John Mooney — Trustee & Co-Chair (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- PEARSON, Emily Jayne — director, appointed 21/06/2023on trustee list
- WALSH, Julie — director, appointed 30/01/2019on trustee list
- STRADESKI, Leigh-Anne — director, appointed 27/11/2013on trustee list
- CAWTHORN, Maureen Sneddon — director, appointed 01/09/2008on trustee list
- NAYLOR, Christine Ann — director, appointed 14/03/2006on trustee list
- MOONEY, John Spencer — director, appointed 01/03/2006on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £1.6m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: The Next Step Trust — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 25/07/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£61k
Reported reserves equal ~12.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- CHRISTINE ANN NAYLOR
- Dr Julie Ann Walsh
- Emily Jayne Pearson
- JOHN Spencer MOONEY
- Leigh-Anne Stradeski · trustee of 1 other charity
- MAUREEN SNEDDON CAWTHORN
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Calderdale
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE NEXT STEP TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £201,843 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds held increasing to £2,854,811. The trustees consider funds held to be adequate, noting that unrestricted current assets less liabilities stood at £809,219, of which £407,674 was designated for specific purposes. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cresswells Accountants (UK) Limited.
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