Safe Steps

Analysis

Safe Steps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Safe Steps reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.7m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £968k to £1.7m (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Safe Steps sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Screwfix Foundation (£1.7m), Kamelia Kids (£1.7m) and Gloucestershire Group Homes Limited (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and donations and legacies 1.0%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £572k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.