SMALL STEPS PROJECT LIMITED

Registered charity 1137443 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SMALL STEPS PROJECT

1) Aid delivery to children & families living on/around land-fill sites/rubbish dumps, surviving from scavenging. 2) Set up, management, funding & delivery of sustainable projects for the aforementioned beneficiaries including: Outreach, medical & nursery projects, WASH, day-care/education centres, mother & baby units. Delivery of aid & projects in last 12 months: Kenya and Uganda.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF PEOPLE IN NEED MAKING A LIVING,IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY FORAGING AMONGST WASTE, BYMAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS SERVICES ORFACILITIES.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE BENEFICIARY CLASS BY ADVISINGTHEM OF HOW TO ACCESS INFORMATION ENABLING THE RELIEF OF POVERTY,INCLUDING HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION AND GOODS SUCH AS CLOTHING, SHOES,FOOD AND WATER.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED IN PRACTICE OVERSEAS.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£66k
Latest spending
£81k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £14,873 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £33,020. The trustees consider these reserves to be adequate for the foreseeable future, noting they exceed the stated policy target of £25,000. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £25,000 (reserves figure: £33k)
“The current reserves amount fixed by the Charity is £25,000”
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 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 36

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 3

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Small Steps Project (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambodia · East Timor · France · Kenya · Laos · Nicaragua · Romania · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£66k£81k
30/06/2024£39k£71k
30/06/2023£49k£56k
30/06/2022£53k£74k
30/06/2021£137k£119k

Common questions

Is SMALL STEPS PROJECT LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £14,873 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £33,020. The trustees consider these reserves to be adequate for the foreseeable future, noting they exceed the stated policy target of £25,000. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SMALL STEPS PROJECT LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SMALL STEPS PROJECT LIMITED as a grant recipient include FOUX FOUNDATION, THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION, THE BOWER TRUST, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
FOUX FOUNDATIONFY2021£52k
FOUX FOUNDATIONFY2023£39k
FOUX FOUNDATIONFY2022£25k
FOUX FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
FOUX FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£5k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE BOWER TRUSTFY2025£1k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1kINTERNATIONAL

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 REACH THE CHILDREN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SMALL STEPS PROJECT LIMITED£66k—0unclear—no doubt
REACH THE CHILDREN FY2025£61k——unclear—no doubt
SMALL STEPS SFP FY2025£600k——above10.3%no doubt
MY CHILD FY2025£26k—0above—no doubt
STEP BY STEP LONDON FY2025£1.6m—0below—no doubt
KARIBUNI CHILDREN FY2025£324k—0above—no doubt

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