STEP UP MCR
Registered charity 1191495 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STEP UP
Step Up MCR is a grant making organisation that supports a range of Charitable Activities that support the five ways to wellbeing. We support community development, and local giving that helps people Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning and to Give. We provide services to support more impactful and collaborative giving to meet the needs of the communities we work with.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £2,616,665 at the end of the financial year, representing a decrease from the previous year's £2,616,665. The trustees report that the charity's financial position is strong, with sufficient resources to continue its operations and meet its liabilities as they fall due.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Mazars. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
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.
- SMITH, Chris — director, appointed 26/06/2026on trustee list
- WANJOHI, Joanne Njoki — director, appointed 26/06/2026not on trustee list
- RIX, Matthew John — director, appointed 25/02/2026on trustee list
- KOTTIS, Christos — director, appointed 11/04/2025on trustee list
- KNOTT, David — director, appointed 21/10/2024not on trustee list
- CLARKE, Yasmin Amelia — director, appointed 27/03/2023on trustee list
- MARTIN, Angela — director, appointed 20/01/2021on trustee list
- TURNER, Paula Louise — director, appointed 11/01/2021on trustee list
- HOPE, Nicole Jasmine — secretary, appointed 24/02/2021
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
- Chris Smithchair
- Angela Martin
- Christos Kottis
- Dave Knott
- Dr Paula Turner
- Matthew Rix
- Yasmin Amelia Clarke
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Manchester City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is STEP UP MCR financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £2,616,665 at the end of the financial year, representing a decrease from the previous year's £2,616,665. The trustees report that the charity's financial position is strong, with sufficient resources to continue its operations and meet its liabilities as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mazars.
Who funds STEP UP MCR?
Funders whose own accounts filings name STEP UP MCR as a grant recipient include LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
Funders of similar charities
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Side by side with its peers
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