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.

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

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 (held: £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.

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.

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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

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Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FOOTSTEPS FOUNDATION£237k—0unclear—no doubt
FOOTSTEPS INTERNATIONAL FY2025£279k—0below—no doubt
ONE FOOTSTEP FY2025£546k—0above—no doubt
THE STREET FOUNDATION FY2025£750k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NEXT STEP TRUST FY2025£2.9m—1below—no doubt
RED EAGLE FOUNDATION FY2025£272k—0unclear—no doubt

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