FOOTSTEPS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1123440 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOOTPRINTS (UK)

Provide funding for disabled children to attend intensive physiotherapy sessions at the Footsteps Centre.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND PHYSICAL MOBILITY GENERALLY OF ALL PERSONS AND THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY DISABILITY AS WELL AS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR MINDS AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHYSICAL HEALTH AND MOBILITY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED, IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Oxfordshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£237k
Latest spending
£204k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £511,063 against a stated policy target of one year's charitable expenditure. The charity reported a net income increase of £32,981 for the year, with total funds carried forward rising to £681,143. The trustees confirmed that no audit was required and the accounts were examined independently.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one years' charitable expenditure (reserves figure: £511k)
“the reserves policy of the Foundation has always been where possible to keep one years' charitable expenditure in reserve.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Footsteps Ltd
“Footsteps Foundation holds 100% of the share capital of Footsteps Ltd (company number: 05081728) it's registered office being 6-7 Citibase, New Barclay House, 234 Botley Road, Oxford, England, Ox2 OHP.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Footsteps Foundation (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): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£237k£204k
31/12/2024£480k£158k
31/12/2023£180k£206k
31/12/2022£169k£189k
31/12/2021£196k£167k

Common questions

Is FOOTSTEPS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £511,063 against a stated policy target of one year's charitable expenditure. The charity reported a net income increase of £32,981 for the year, with total funds carried forward rising to £681,143. The trustees confirmed that no audit was required and the accounts were examined independently. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/05/2024£18kFootsteps Helping Hand
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2022£10kFootsteps Helping Hand Project
The National Lottery Community Fund30/09/2021£9kFootsteps Foundation Helping Hand
The National Lottery Community Fund22/10/2020£9kFootsteps Spider Project
The National Lottery Community Fund11/07/2019£9kThe Helping Hands Project

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FOOTSTEPS FOUNDATION£237k—0unclear—no doubt
FOOTSTEPS WORCESTERSHIRE FY2025£31k—0above—no doubt
ONE FOOTSTEP FY2025£546k—0above—no doubt
FOOTSTEPS - WALKING WITH YOU FY2025£66k—0above—no doubt
THE FOOTPRINTS FOUNDATION FY2025£94k—0above—no doubt
Safe Steps FY2025£1.7m—0above—no doubt

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