NEXT STEP FOUNDATION

Charity number: 1191176
Charity reporting is up to date (1 day late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Our aim is to advance education for the public benefit by delivering courses to students living in the UK who come from underprivileged backgrounds in order to help them make successful applications to undergraduate programmes at UK universities.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 September 2023

Total income: £61,000
Total expenditure: £67,155

People

5 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 07 September 2020: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • BONAS MACFARLANE UNIVERSITY PREPARATION PROGRAMME (Previous name)
  • NEXT STEP EDUCATION (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
David Wellesley-Wesley Chair 20 May 2020
None on record
BRENDAN KING Trustee 09 December 2023
None on record
MOHAMED OMAR Trustee 09 December 2023
None on record
Charles Bonas Trustee 20 May 2020
None on record
James Higgins Trustee 20 May 2020
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/09/2021 30/09/2022 30/09/2023
Total gross income £141.01k £49.52k £61.00k
Total expenditure £36.69k £94.38k £67.16k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 September 2023 31 July 2024 1 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2023 31 July 2024 1 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2022 19 April 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2022 19 April 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2021 25 February 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2021 25 February 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 07 SEP 2020 AMENDED TO CIO FOUNDATION 21 APR 2022

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT[S] OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY DELIVERING COURSES TO STUDENTS LIVING IN THE UK WHO COME FROM UNDERPRIVILEGED BACKGROUNDS IN ORDER TO HELP THEM MAKE SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS TO UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES AT UK UNIVERSITIES. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, AN ‘UNDERPRIVILEGED BACKGROUND’ MEANS THAT A STUDENT ADHERES TO ONE OR MORE OF UK UNIVERSITIES’ WIDENING PARTICIPATION CRITERIA.

Contact information

Address:
c/o Next Step Education Ltd
The Engine Room
18 Battersea Power Station
SW11 8BZ
Phone:
02072232794
Email:
info@nextstep.foundation
Website:

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