STEPPING STONES COMMUNITY ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1145346 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SSCO

Stepping Stones provides educational support for children, young people and women in GCSE, SATs and language. We have also established a nursery that provides 10.5 additional free placement.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN STOKE-ON-TRENT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY MEMBERS OF THE BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC COMMUNITIES, BY:A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING;B) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 the charity generated a surplus of £43,697 for the year, with total income of £780,365 and total expenditure of £748,282. The closing balance increased from £11,614 to £43,697, and the trustees report that the organisation remains financially stable and well managed.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• F RAHMANchair
• Omnia Salah
• Zynab Moheuddin

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

Operates in: Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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