Step Up Hub

Analysis

Step Up Hub is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Step Up Hub reported income of £368k and spending of £390k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £163k to £368k (+127%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 432%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Step Up Hub sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eritrean Orthodox Christian (St Michael's) Community Church (£368k), Bangladesh Youth and Cultural Shomiti (£368k) and The Bradford Foundation Trust (£368k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.