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Registered charity · London

Step Forward (Tower Hamlets)

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £326k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Tower Hamlets
Website
www.step-forward.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Step Forward (Tower Hamlets)
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£326k£540k
  • 2024£428k£534k
  • 2023£810k£624k
Earlier years
  • 2022£743k£599k
  • 2021£706k£555k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 61% · Government grants 12%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(I) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING CAUSED BY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL HEALTH, OR BY SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IN TOWER HAMLETS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING A MULTI-CULTURAL COUNSELLING SERVICE IN TOWER HAMLETS FOR THE GIVING OF INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP INFORMATION, ADVICE AND COUNSELLING TO ALL YOUNG PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF SEX, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL AFFILIATION. (II) TO OPEN AND MAINTAIN A CENTRE OR CENTRES WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO CALL IN OR TELEPHONE.

Grants received

2 grants · £149,771 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £149,771 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £145,2712006-09-07
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,5002006-04-05
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.

4 trustees on the board

2y median 0y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3Economic/community Development/employment 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 3Arts and leisure 1Business services 1

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£326k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
73%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.
103 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
802597
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8TH NOVEMBER 1989
Companies House
Company number 02441231 · Active
Contact on the register
07958614360 · info@step-forward.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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