Steppingstones Charity

Analysis

Steppingstones Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in April 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Steppingstones Charity reported income of £77k and spending of £74k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £75k to £77k (+2.9%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Steppingstones Charity sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Red Heart Fund (£77k), Cotgrave Futures (£77k) and Worcester Rotary Club Sawyer Trust (£77k).