VALLEYS STEPS LIMITED

Registered charity 1166003 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To Promote the advancement of Mental health for the benefit of the communities in Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil and the surrounding areas through the provision of therapeutic interventions.

Objects

To promote the advancement of mental health in Wales and bordering areas of England through the provision of therapeutic interventions.

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 net income surplus of £45,952, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £354,861. The trustees report that the reserves position has improved, supporting ongoing sustainability, with a policy target of maintaining three months of operational costs. The filing notes key risks include delivering terms of service level agreements and securing adequate funding to continue services.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09473917 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• DAVIES, Kelly — director, appointed 06/02/2020on trustee list
• EVANS, Louise — director, appointed 06/02/2020on trustee list
• KERMATH, Cheranne — director, appointed 06/02/2020on trustee list
• RICHARDS, Jonathan Philip, Professor — director, appointed 02/12/2015on trustee list
• DAVIES, Paul Glanville — director, appointed 28/10/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~10.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor JONATHAN RICHARDSchair
• Cheranne Kermath
• Kelly Davies
• Louise Evans
• PAUL DAVIES

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

Operates in: Merthyr Tydfil · Rhondda Cynon Taff

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• STEPWAY income £159k
• VALLEY VETERANS income £92k
• VALAN SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST income £759k
• NEXT STEPS MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE CENTRE income £274k
• MINDSTEP FOUNDATION income £60k
• NEW HORIZONS MENTAL HEALTH income £289k

Side by side with its peers

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