STEP ONE CHARITY

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. STEP ONE CHARITY 2016-12-21 → present
2. ST. LOYE'S FOUNDATION 1997-08-05 → 2016-12-21
3. ST LOYE'S COLLEGE FOUNDATION 1993-01-08 → 1997-08-05
4. ST LOYE'S COLLEGE 1990-02-28 → 1993-01-08
5. ST. LOYE'S COLLEGE FOR TRAINING THE DISABLED FOR COMMERCE & INDUSTRY 1945-02-26 → 1990-02-28

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Bishop Fleming LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“As such, after making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. STEP ONE CHARITY · parent
   1. Community Care Trust (South West) Limited · dormant company

Significant events

• “Cypress Hospital transitioned from crisis care to intensive rehabilitation and recovery inpatient care, offering 8 of its 14 beds under a new two-year test of change model. This contract commenced in October 2024, with a £0.2m increase in income per year.”
• “During July 2024, the refurbishment of the existing Granvue property as a 6 bed 24-hour supported living property was completed with full occupation achieved in December 2024.”
• “The DMHA contract, initially set for three years to January 2025, has been extended through to January 2027.”
• “A new property was purchased in June 2025 and after a short period of refurbishment will open as an additional 6 or 7 bed supported living property during summer 2025, with full occupancy planned by December 2025.”
• “During May 2025, the Wellbeing@Work service was officially launched.”
• “The Charity has purchased a property to provide supported living accommodation. The cost of the property was £575,000 and the purchase completed on 23 June 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +8.3%

  £2,592,997 → £2,807,177

• Cash

  -28.9%

  £1,201,811 → £854,677

• Net assets

  -5.6%

  £11,694,321 → £11,043,552

• Employees

  +8.9%

  101 → 110

• Wages

  +7.4%

  £2,369,881 → £2,544,498

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers