Stepping Stones (Luton)

Analysis

Stepping Stones (Luton) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Luton. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06588338). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stepping Stones (Luton) reported income of £483k and spending of £557k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £635k to £483k (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Stepping Stones (Luton) sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard (£483k), Make Them Smile (£483k) and The Midlands International Buddhist Association in the UK (£483k).

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.