Stepping Stones Ministries UK

Analysis

Stepping Stones Ministries UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Scarborough. It was registered in June 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides other finance and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Stepping Stones Ministries UK reported income of £59k and spending of £62k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £56k to £59k (+5.8%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Stepping Stones Ministries UK sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Zambezi Sunrise Trust (£59k), Westway Open Arms (£59k) and Sikh Gurdwara Darlington (£59k).