ONE FOOTSTEP

Registered charity 1170491 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the public benefit, alleviation of poverty and to educate persons in any part of the world who require support in relation to financial aid and education by supplying such persons with financial support and/or volunteer time.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£546k

Latest spending

£129k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £416,949 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,417,067. The trustees confirmed that reserves are adequate to pursue objectives and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to ensure the charity can meet its funding expenditure over the foreseeable future (held: £1.4m)

“The Trustees' reserves policy is to retain sufficient reserves to ensure the charity can meet its funding expenditure over the foreseeable future.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£546k

Total spending

£129k

Reserves (reported)

£1.4m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~132.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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

BEENA GOYAL · trustee of 1 other charity
NISHA GOYAL
RAM GOYAL · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: India · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£546k	£129k
31/03/2024	£52k	£143k
31/03/2023	£92k	£207k
30/11/2021	£967k	£174k
30/11/2020	£224k	£226k

Common questions

Is ONE FOOTSTEP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £416,949 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,417,067. The trustees confirmed that reserves are adequate to pursue objectives and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BORROWS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£93k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	1	£58k
THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUST	1	£38k
STREETSMART-ACTION FOR THE HOMELESS	1	£35k
THE MAHORO CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£15k
THE STERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£13k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STEP ONE CHARITY.

STEP ONE CHARITY income £3.3m
FOOTSTEPS FOUNDATION income £237k
STEPS TO WORK income £11.4m
THE ONE FEEDS TWO FOUNDATION income £137k
STEP BY STEP PARTNERSHIP LIMITED income £4.6m
DOORSTEP income £148k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ONE FOOTSTEP	£546k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
STEP ONE CHARITY FY2025	£3.3m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	below	—	no doubt
FOOTSTEPS FOUNDATION FY2025	£237k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STEPS TO WORK FY2023	£11.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ONE FEEDS TWO FOUNDATION FY2025	£137k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
STEP BY STEP PARTNERSHIP LIMITED FY2026	£4.6m	—	—	within	—	no doubt

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