TINY-STEPS

Registered charity 1161146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are actively raising funds to open a local sensory centre and social cafe in the Northwich or Winsford area for children and young people with additional needs and disabilities in Cheshire West and surrounding areas.

Objects

(1)TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND SECURE SENSORY ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS /DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES/CARERS. TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND WELL BRING OF THE CHILDREN/YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES/CARERS(2)TO PROVIDE A SOCIAL CAFE TO HELP PEOPLE WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS/DISABILITIES TO HAVE ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT IN AN EFFORT TO BUILD THEIR SELF ESTEEM INDEPENDENCE AND SENSE OF WELL BEING.(3) TO PROVIDE EXCLUSIVE SESSIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS/ DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES/CARERS FOR AGES 0-16. TO HELD REDUCE ISOLATION AND PROMOTE WELL BEING.?

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 · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £260,530 at the end of the period. Total receipts were £31,095 against total payments of £18,271, resulting in a net increase in cash funds. The document does not disclose any reserves policy or specific unrestricted reserves figure beyond the cash balance.

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.

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 policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2025 (received 16/08/2026, 17 days after the 30/07/2026 due date); year ending 30/09/2023 (received 29/08/2024, 30 days after the 30/07/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• LAURA CLIFTONchair
• Charlotte Marie Yarwood
• Diane Dixon
• MARTIN ALAN CLIFTON
• SUZANNE MICHELLE RAYNER
• Scott James Burstow
• Steven Greensill

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Warrington

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• FOOTSTEPS FOUNDATION income £237k
• LITTLE SENDSATIONS income £117k
• HOLDING SPACE income £102k
• GOSFORTH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. income £36k
• FOOTSTEPS WORCESTERSHIRE income £31k
• RECREATION AND EASY ACCESS FOR DISABLED YOUTH income £53k

Side by side with its peers

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