Step Together Volunteering

Analysis

Step Together Volunteering is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in June 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02932195). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Step Together Volunteering reported income of £277k and spending of £406k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £466k to £277k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Step Together Volunteering sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Service (£277k), Jsense (£277k) and Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Friends in the United Kingdom (£277k).