Stepping Stone Projects

Registered charity 1004375 Registered since 1991

Operates: Rochdale, Wigan, Lancashire, Blackburn With Darwen, Blackpool, Bury, Manchester City, St Helens, Stockport, Wirral

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

4.6y median 4.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Janet Hardwick since 2018
Nicholas Joseph Cox since 2018

12.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 10General Charitable Purposes 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Property 11Other services 10Manufacturing 3

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Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

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incomespending£14.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.0 in 2021

171 from 72 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Devon and Cornwall Autistic Community Trust Similar size; both Housing
ST Anne's Hostel Similar size; both Housing
One Fylde Limited Similar size; both Housing
Autism Anglia Similar size; both Housing
Ymca Dulverton Group Similar size; both Housing
Ymca Fairthorne Group Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.stepping-stone.org.uk
Email	central@stepping-stone.org.uk
Phone	01706353000
Address	Stepping Stone Projects, 2 The Quadrant, Green Lane, HEYWOOD, Lancashire, OL10 1NG

Finances

£14,458,467 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£5,006,291	£4,564,587
2022	£6,811,477	£6,161,273
2023	£9,861,057	£9,158,495
2024	£11,904,998	£11,763,816
2025	£14,458,467	£14,100,239

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesAccommodation/housing

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

The Company is established to relieve persons who are homeless, threatened with homelessness, vulnerable or in necessitous circumstances by:-a. providing an advice and counselling service in matters relating to housing and associated social and economic problems and,b. providing temporary accommodation, permanent accommodation or assistance in the provision of permanent accommodation and housing related support and intensive management services for such persons.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/09/1991AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08/06/2012 as amended on 24 Jul 2021

Trustees (10)

10trustees

57median age

2aged 70+

Susan Ashbyage band 60-64 Chair
Alexander David Lyonsage band 45-49 since 2022
Colin Royleage band 45-49 since 2021
David Berryage band 75-79
Elisabeth Therese Lilleyage band 50-54 since 2021
Janet Hardwickage band 65-69 since 2018
Martin Daviesage band 60-64 since 2025
Michaela Louise Orrage band 35-39 since 2024
Nicholas Joseph Coxage band 70-74 since 2018
Steven James Grycukage band 40-44 since 2022

Linked company (Companies House)

Stepping Stone Projects · 02647645 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/09/1991

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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