STEP FORWARD (TOWER HAMLETS)
Charity number: 802597
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
We aim to improve the quality of the lives of children and young people aged 11-25 who are affected by poverty and disadvantage to support them to make realistic and long-term changes. We provide an innovative range of services to young people from all communities including free, independent and confidential information, counselling and personal development activities.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income: £428,076
Total expenditure: £533,599
Total income includes £286,669 from 4 government contract(s) and £105,689 from 4 government grant(s)
People
4 Trustee(s)
10 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
- Children/young People
How the charity helps:
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
- Tower Hamlets
Governance
Registration history:
- 15 January 1990: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
- TOWER HAMLETS YOUTH COUNSELLING SERVICE (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- 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 owns and/or leases 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
4 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| Bolade Kerr | Trustee | 01 October 2020 |
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| Hussein Ali | Trustee | 01 October 2020 |
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| Naomi Sian Gaffney | Trustee | 27 June 2018 |
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| DENNIS TWOMEY | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £541.23k | £705.68k | £743.43k | £810.03k | £428.08k | |
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Total expenditure | £555.77k | £555.10k | £599.43k | £623.95k | £533.60k | |
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Income from government contracts | £422.77k | £666.65k | £699.23k | £654.34k | £286.67k | |
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Income from government grants | £61.89k | N/A | N/A | N/A | £105.69k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £13.76k | £11.85k | £25.82k | £25.81k | N/A | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £527.47k | £693.83k | £717.61k | £784.22k | N/A | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Investment | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £555.28k | £554.90k | £589.83k | £623.18k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £491 | £198 | £198 | £772 | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £5.28k | £7.52k | £0 | £8.07k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £9.39k | £0 | 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 |
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| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 27 March 2024 | 56 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 27 March 2024 | 56 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 31 March 2023 | 59 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 31 March 2023 | 59 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | |||
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | |||
| Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 25 January 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 25 January 2021 | On time | Download Open in new window |