STEP OUT MENTORING

Registered charity 1208373 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Step Out Mentoring provides outdoor based mentoring sessions, group activities, trips and residentials to children and young people in South London. Our activities are there to support young people to thrive and play positive roles in their communities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN LONDON THROUGH:A). THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;B). PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR CONFIDENCE, SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS ENGAGED, RESILIENT AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.IN PARTICULAR WE WILL PROVIDE: 1) INDIVIDUAL MENTORING SUPPORT. 2) GROUP BASED ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SKILLS. 3) A RANGE OF RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£64k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £12,336 for the period, with total income of £51,978 and expenditure of £64,314. Despite the deficit, unrestricted reserves stood at £81,991, which is above the trustees' policy target of approximately £40,000. The trustees consider there to be 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: minimum of six months' o f operating expenditure, which would equate to around £40,000 (reserves figure: £82k)
“The Board of Trustees have established a policy whereby free reserves held by the charity should be maintained at minimum of six months' o f operating expenditure, which would equate to around £40,000.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/02/2025

  • Volunteers: 25

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Step Out Mentoring (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£52k£64k

Common questions

Is STEP OUT MENTORING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net deficit of £12,336 for the period, with total income of £51,978 and expenditure of £64,314. Despite the deficit, unrestricted reserves stood at £81,991, which is above the trustees' policy target of approximately £40,000. The trustees consider there to be no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds STEP OUT MENTORING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name STEP OUT MENTORING as a grant recipient include THE SHAFTESBURY HOMES AND ARETHUSA, CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARK, ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIO.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SHAFTESBURY HOMES AND ARETHUSAFY2026£10kGrant funding of activities
CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARKFY2025£9k
CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARKFY2024£9k
CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARKFY2023£9k
CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARKFY2022£8k
THE SHAFTESBURY HOMES AND ARETHUSAFY2025£6k
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIOFY2023£3kGrants to organisations
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIOFY2026£3kFoundation Fund grant
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIOFY2022amount not statedFoundation Fund grant
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIOFY2024amount not statedFoundation Fund grants

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/11/2025£20kStep Out Mentoring- Connecting Communities