STEP (SWINDON)

Registered charity 1176672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

STEP Swindon supports vulnerable children and young people aged 7 to 25 in the local community through inclusive therapeutic group work. This includes those with SEND and who are neurodivergent, offering safe, supportive spaces for young people facing challenges linked to behaviour, emotional wellbeing, life experiences, or personal circumstances.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE BOROUGH OF SWINDON AND SURROUNDING AREAS, INCLUDING SUCH PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED AND DISADVANTAGED DUE TO SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND OR BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES THAT HAVE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED THEIR LIVES AS A CONSEQUENCE OF SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF, AMONGST OTHERS, DEPRIVATION, ABUSE, NEGLECT AND MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ISSUES, THROUGH:A. THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR TECHNICAL, SOCIAL AND LIFE SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.B. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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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Registered contact address: Swindon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £62,841 for the year, resulting in a drawdown of unrestricted reserves to £96,457. This level is below the trustees' stated policy target of £204,006, though the Treasurer notes the reserves remain sufficient to cover approximately three months of operating expenditure. The charity remains in a sound financial position overall, supported by strong funder relationships, despite pressures from relocation costs and rent increases.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 28/02/2022, 28 days after the 31/01/2022 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 — STEP (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROLINE SYMMONSchair
• Dr Alexandra Petrache
• Michelle Wynn
• ROBERT CHARLES BARRETT · trustee of 5 other charities
• Regis Cheval
• SYLVIA EILEEN SNELSON
• Teresa Francis

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STEPS CLUB FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

• STEPS CLUB FOR YOUNG PEOPLE income £111k
• STEP (SUPPORTING THE ELDERLY PEOPLE) income £108k
• Steps Charity income £124k
• STEP BY STEP LONDON income £1.6m
• STEPS AHEAD LTD income £53k
• STEADY STEPS PRE-SCHOOL income £391k

Side by side with its peers

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