STEM4

Registered charity 1144506 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and protect the physical and mental health of teenage sufferers of eating disorders, depression, self harm and addiction through the provision of support, education and practical advice and to advance the education of the general public in all areas relating to the above teenage health conditions.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF TEENAGE SUFFERERS OF EATING DISORDERS, DEPRESSION, SELF-HARM AND ADDICTION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO THE ABOVE TEENAGE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that stem4 reported a financial surplus of £22,514 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total income of £307,035 and expenditure of £284,521. Unrestricted reserves closed at £63,465, which the trustees note is marginally below their policy target of three to six months' operating expenditure. The charity describes its financial position as stable and resilient, having strengthened its footing through cost management and diversified income streams.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07779151

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — stem4 (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• CRAIG, Andrea Louise — director, appointed 02/06/2025on trustee list
• KELLY, Alan James — director, appointed 23/09/2024on trustee list
• SEYAN, Amit Singh, Dr — director, appointed 09/08/2024on trustee list
• WISEMAN, Stheneboea — director, appointed 02/05/2018on trustee list
• SALES, Andrew George — director, appointed 08/12/2015on trustee list
• KRAUSE, Nihara Sonali, Dr. — director, appointed 19/09/2011on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (59% 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: 12.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan James Kelly
• Andrea Louise Craig
• Andrew George Sales
• Dr Amit Singh Seyan
• Dr NIHARA KRAUSE
• Stheneboea Wiseman

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

Operates in: Australia · Canada · New Zealand · Throughout England · United States

Income and spending

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