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Step (UK) - Seeking to Equip People UK

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1116389SouthseaPoverty relief
Income£79k2025-03-31
Spending£81ksame year
Spent / received120%5-year average
Size in its cause63rd pctPoverty relief
Registered2006Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Step (UK) - Seeking to Equip People UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southsea. It was registered in October 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Step (UK) - Seeking to Equip People UK reported income of £79k and spending of £81k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £89k to £79k (-11%), an average of -2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Step (UK) - Seeking to Equip People UK sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Raise Youth UK (£79k), Nu-Life Christian Trust (£79k) and Root and Branch Change (£79k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£28k£56k£84k£112k2021 Income: £88,6472021 Spending: £111,89920212022 Income: £76,3362022 Spending: £69,19520222023 Income: £60,4972023 Spending: £99,76520232024 Income: £66,1702024 Spending: £83,77620242025 Income: £79,3052025 Spending: £81,0652025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

RAISES FUNDS FOR, AND AWARENESS OF, THE WORK OF AN NGO CALLED STEP (SEEKING TO EQUIP PEOPLE) WORKING IN IRAQI KURDISTAN. THE NGO PROVIDES DROP-IN FACILITIES FOR WORKING CHILDREN. IN ADDITION IT WORKS CLOSEKY WITH LOCAL MINISTRIES ON MATTERS RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION. STEP(UK) HELPS PROVIDE CONSULTANTS FROM THE UK WHO PROVIDE TRAINING AND ADVICE PARTICULARLY IN EDUCATION AND SOCAL WORK.

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