STEPPING STONES NORTH WALES

Registered charity 1207418 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Stepping Stones North Wales Provides free counselling and other therapeutic services to survivors of childhood sexual abuse across North Wales

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN ENGLAND AND WALES, IN PARTICULAR NORTH WALES (THE AREA OF BENEFIT),(A) TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, OF PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF ABUSE, IN PARTICULAR CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE, OR ARE AT RISK OF SUFFERING FROM ABUSE, AND RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE VICTIMS, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY THE PROVISION OF THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION AND INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELLING. (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PERSONS WORKING WITH THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SUBJECT OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND RELATED SUBJECTS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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: Wrexham, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £105,499 for the year ended 31 March 2025, which was covered by drawing down unrestricted reserves. Per the trustees' report, the charity remains debt-free and has secured full funding for the subsequent financial year, indicating a stabilized position despite previous cost pressures.

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
• Investment
• 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Screwfix Foundation — “The whole Stepping Stones North Wales community would like to thank The Screwfix Foundation, which has recently donated £,1000 to support th…” (source page)
• Kronospan — “The whole Stepping Stones North Wales team is grateful to the staff of Kronospan for their generous donation which will support Adult Surviv…” (source page)
• The Wrexham & District Pantomime Company — “The whole Stepping Stones North Wales team are grateful to The Wrexham & District Pantomime Company for their kind donation of £500 raised d…” (source page)
• VAWDASV (Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence) North Wales Regional Team — “Stepping Stones North Wales is delighted to announce that we have been awarded funding from the VAWDASV (Violence Against Women, Domestic Ab…” (source page)
• Principality Building Society — “Stepping Stones North Wales has welcomed a generous grant from the Principality Building Society’s Future Generations Fund to deliver trauma…” (source page)
• Tesco — “Stepping Stones North Wales is proud to be taking part in the Tesco Stronger Starts Community Project. This is an initiative run by Tesco, i…” (source page)
• Community & Voluntary Support Conwy (CVSC) Voluntary Sector Key Fund — “Stepping Stones North Wales is delighted to announce it has been awarded a grant from the Community & Voluntary Support Conwy (CVSC) Volunta…” (source page)
• Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales — “Stepping Stones North Wales has been awarded a £75,000 grant by Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales” (source page)
• North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner — “Stepping Stones North Wales is marking two years of the provision of Art Therapy and has welcomed funding from the North Wales Police and Cr…” (source page)
• Ian Williams Limited — “Stepping Stones North Wales has welcomed a generous donation of £1000 from Ian Williams Limited, a property services company based in Wrexha…” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Vincent McAllister MBEchair
• Ceryl Teleri Davies
• Jennie Ann Henderson
• Leslie Paul Baxter
• Lisa Edwards
• Nigel Brian Beesley

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

Operates in: Conwy · Denbighshire · Flintshire · Gwynedd · Isle Of Anglesey · Wrexham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STEPPING STONES COLLABORATION FOR RECOVERY AND WELLBEING.

• STEPPING STONES COLLABORATION FOR RECOVERY AND WELLBEING income £228k
• STEPPING STONES COMMUNITY ORGANISATION income £780k
• RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT CENTRE (NORTH WALES) income £1.3m
• STEPPING STONES STRATFORD ON AVON income £29k
• STEPPING STONES DS income £180k
• STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL(ALDBOROUGH) income £71k

Side by side with its peers

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