5438575
Stepping On Out (A company limited by guarantee)
Report and Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 April 2025
Charity Number: 1111636 Company Number: 5438575
Stepping On Out (A company limited by guarantee)
Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 April 2025
| Contents | Page |
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| Legal and Administrative Information | 3 |
| Report of the Trustees/Directors | 4 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 9 |
| Balance Sheet | 10 |
| Notesformingpartofthefinancialstatements | 11 |
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Stepping On Out
, (A company limited by guarantee)
Report of the Management Committee for the year ended 30 April 2025
The Management Committee presents its report and unaudited financial statements for the year ended 30 April 2025.
- Reference and Administrative Information
Charity Name: Stepping On Out
Charity registration number: 1111636
Company registration number: 5438575
Registered Office and Operational address: 7 The Causeway Teddington TW11 OHA
Management Committee
Susan Crofts Trustee and Director Sylvia Wallis Trustee and Director Jenny Roman Trustee and Director
Senior Management Team
John Bosher Marketing Manager Anita Croft Finance Manager Caroline Ellis Administration Manager John Harrison Health and Safety Manager Susie Cole Production Manager Chris Wallis Personnel Manager
Bankers Lloyds TSB, 17 Heath Road Twickenham
Charity Website: www.steppingonout.org.uk
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Stepping On Out
, (A company limited by guarantee)
2a Structure, Governance and Management
Governing Document
The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 28 April 2005 and registered as a charity on 11 October 2005. The company was established under a Memorandum of Association as amended by Special Resolution dated 2 September 2005 which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association. In the event of the company being wound up members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £1.
Recruitment and Appointment of Management Committee
New Trustees are appointed at the AGM and are subject to the endorsement of the membership. When a vacancy occurs in the period between AGM’s or a particular skill is required to strengthen the Main Board, a sub-committee of the trustees is established to propose and sound out potential candidates. This sub-committee then makes its proposals back to the Management Committee and a vote is taken at the next meeting of the Board on whether or not to appoint the potential candidate on a co-opted basis. The endorsement of the membership is then sought at the next AGM.
New trustees are given a copy of the constitution and governance documents and are also invited to visit our premises and meet the management team. Richmond CVS arranges workshops on the roles and responsibilities of Trustees, as well as other topics of relevance, which our board members are encouraged to attend. Meetings of Trustees are held approximately six times a year, mostly to discuss forthcoming events or other matters of specific importance.
Risk Policy
Trustees place a high priority on risk management. Risks identified are categorised as follows:
- e Governance and management risks e Operational risks e Financial risks e External and compliance risks
It is the policy of the Trustees to review all risks on an annual basis. The annual review seeks to establish that all risks are documented and that steps to mitigate such risks are established and executed. As a result of this process, the Trustees are Satisfied that residual risks are minimal.
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Stepping On Out
(A company limited by guarantee)
- Objectives and Activities
The company’s objectives and principal activities are to benefit adults with learning difficulties within the general community of Richmond upon Thames and surrounding areas as the directors shall determine from time to time in particular but not exclusively by: (a) advancing their education by providing access to high quality education and training; (b) creating and developing a safe work and training environment for their benefit; and (c) developing their capacity and skills in such a way that they are better able to identify and help meet their needs and to participate more fully in society. In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings.
At a local level it is envisaged that as the group are integrated more into the local community, so the aforementioned community may observe the skills and capabilities of those with a learning disability. This will hopefully help to remove any outdated prejudices which may still be present amongst those who are considered to be more able.
The manager Gill Buck together with our Trustees ensures that we follow the Charity Commission Guidelines and combine our objectives and aims. Our hope is to continue to run the organisation successfully through the next financial year.
We continue to offer our facilities to adults with learning difficulties and this year have encouraged members to join us that need the support of their personal assistants. This has allowed us to offer a place to a service user that has profound communication difficulties and a service user with anxiety. We know from feedback that this has benefited them and improved their self-esteem.
We cannot stress how important our volunteers continue to be and how vital they are to the organisation and what an integral part they play.
This year has been a challenge financially, and we understand that the financial situation will continue to be difficult, but we hope that with continued support and effort we will overcome them.
4. Achievements and Performance
The group continue to support each other and are very loyal to each other. The friendships that they have formed over the years are very deep. However, they have welcomed the new members of the group and enjoy the diversity that they bring. We continue to offer education, community integration and support to the group. We seek to reinforce their self-esteem and ensure they have a sense of self purpose.
5. Financial Review
Total funding this year went up by £9.3k an increase of 21% from last year's due to increase in Attendance fees, Sales and Donations.
Attendance Fees income rose by 7.6k an increase of 19% from last year.
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Stepping On Out : (A company limited by guarantee)
Income from Cards and other sales went up by 0.9k an increase of 40% from last year.
Income from Donations shows an increase of 0.7k ,233% from last year’s £302
6 Reserves Policy
The Trustees wish to hold in reserve £10,000. (or 20% of expenses)
7. Responsibilities of the Management Committee
Company law requires the Management Committee to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the balance sheet date and of its income and expenditure, for the financial year. In preparing those financial statements, the management committee should follow best practice and:
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Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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~ Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; — Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the company will continue on that basis.
The Management Committee is responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006.
The Management Committee is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Members of the Management Committee
Members of the Management Committee, who are the directors for the purpose of company law and trustees for the purpose of charity law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 3.
Small company exemptions
This report, which has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small company’s regime was approved by the board on 25" January 2025 and signed on its If by:
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Stepping On Out : (A company limited by guarantee)
Independent examiner’s Report
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 30 April 2025, which are set out on pages 9 to 14.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees of the Company (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”), In carrying out my examination, I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.)
Independent examiner’s statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that:
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¢ accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; or
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e the accounts do not accord with such records; or
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e the accounts do not comply with relevant accounting requirements under section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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e the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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Signed
Gn Gedale
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Date 25 January 2026
John Tindale 2 Amyand Park Gardens Twickenham TW1 3HS
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Stepping On Out
(A company limited by guarantee)
Independent examiner’s statement
Disclosure
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose.
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
No disclosure required.
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