Next Step Foundation

Analysis

Next Step Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 18 Battersea Power Station. It was registered in September 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Next Step Foundation reported income of £16k and spending of £17k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £141k to £16k (-89%), an average of -42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Next Step Foundation sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lady Carol Djanogly Memorial Fund (£16k), 1st Great Glen Scout Group (£16k) and Some's Educational Foundation (£16k).

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.