Step (Supporting the Elderly People)

Analysis

Step (Supporting the Elderly People) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in October 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06662077). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Step (Supporting the Elderly People) reported income of £108k and spending of £152k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £143k to £108k (-24%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Step (Supporting the Elderly People) sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The George Ward Centre Limited (£108k), Adventures Offshore (£108k) and Barlborough Miners Welfare Recreation Ground and Institute (£108k).

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.