Small-Steps Charity

Analysis

Small-Steps Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Solihull. It was registered in May 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Small-Steps Charity reported income of £10k and spending of £11k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £26k to £10k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Small-Steps Charity sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jo Li Trust (£10k), Friends of Burton Manor Gardens (£10k) and Simon Cooper Foundation (£10k).