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.

Objects

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.

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 · 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

Registered contact address: Basildon, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

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
• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 04/04/2024, 64 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 30/11/2021 (received 24/10/2022, 24 days after the 30/09/2022 due date); year ending 30/11/2020 (received 20/10/2021, 20 days after the 30/09/2021 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.

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

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

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Side by side with its peers

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