Stepping Stones Community Organisation

Analysis

Stepping Stones Community Organisation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in January 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stepping Stones Community Organisation reported income of £780k and spending of £748k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £199k to £780k (+293%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Stepping Stones Community Organisation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London Youth Choir (£776k), Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (£780k) and Artspace Lifespace (£775k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £44k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate.