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Registered charity · Exeter

Step ONE Charity

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £3.3m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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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Public contracts won

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Devon Mental Health Alliance (DMHA) Buyer: DEVON PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST Value not published Date not published CPV 85000000 Source: Find a Tender

    The service offers support to people with a defined Serious Mental Illness (SMI), covering a range of needs and diagnoses, including but not limited to psychosis, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, severe depression, complex emotional diso…

About

What it does
Education/training, Disability
Where
Devon, Torbay
Website
www.steponecharity.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Step ONE Charity
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.3m£4.2m
  • 2024£3.0m£4.0m
  • 2023£3.6m£3.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.3m£3.1m
  • 2021£3.3m£3.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 93%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A) TO PROVIDE FOR THE REHABILITATION BY ANY MEANS WHATEVER OF PERSONS EXPERIENCING SUBSTANTIAL IMPAIRMENT OF THEIR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH (CLIENTS) B) TO UNDERTAKE THE TEACHING AND PRACTICE OF SKILLS OR VOCATIONS WHICH MAY ASSIST IN THE REHABILITATION OF CLIENTS TO ANY PERSONS WHATEVER BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER INCLUDING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF A SCHOOL OR ESTABLISHMENT FOR SUCH TEACHING AND FOR THE TRAINING OF SUCH PERSONS. C) TO TRAIN CLIENTS FOR ANY FORM OF EMPLOYMENT, TO HELP THEM FIND EMPLOYMENT AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINED EMPLOYMENT. D) TO RESEARCH INTO AND ADVISE UPON METHODS OF REHABILITATION OF CLIENTS AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Grants received

11 grants · £402,222 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

Most recent

Board analysis for researchers

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.

9 trustees on the board

2y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
7.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (4)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 9Education/training 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3General Charitable Purposes 1

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

Health and social care 10Professional services 2Transport 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£3.3m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

4.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.9 in 2021

110 from 99 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
235434
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26 FEB 1945AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 APR 1969AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 JUN 1972AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 JUL 1972AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 JUN 1975AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 JAN 1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 JUL 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 DEC 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 NOV 2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21 DEC 2016 as amended on 16 Sept 2025
Companies House
Company number 00393477 · Active
Contact on the register
01392255428 · info@steponecharity.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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