Step by Step (Wales)

Analysis

Step by Step (Wales) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Step by Step (Wales) reported income of £155k and spending of £161k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £151k to £155k (+2.8%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Step by Step (Wales) sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Befriended (£155k), Equine Partners CIO (£155k) and Roxeth Community Church (£155k).

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.