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Registered charity · Staffordshire

Stepping Stones Community Organisation

Stepping Stones Community Organisation is a registered charity (number 1145346) based in Staffordshire, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by F Rahman since 2011. Latest income £780k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Ssco (Charity Commission)

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £780k (2025)
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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Stoke-on-trent City
Website
www.steppingstones.uk.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£780k£748k
  • 2024£399k£387k
  • 2023£236k£198k
Earlier years
  • 2022£228k£185k
  • 2021£199k£180k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 81% · Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN STOKE-ON-TRENT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY MEMBERS OF THE BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC COMMUNITIES, BY:A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING;B) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Grants received

2 grants · £90,810 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £80,810
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £80,8102020-07-08
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002012-08-30
Board analysis

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.

3 trustees on the board

5.7y median 1y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

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company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Economic/community Development/employment 3Education/training 3

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£780k 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.

0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

0
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.
88%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1145346
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 10/10/2011AS AMENDED ON 01/12/2011
Contact on the register
07916128760 · info@steppingstones.uk.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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