STEP BY STEP PARTNERSHIP LTD

1. STEP BY STEP PARTNERSHIP LTD 2006-12-28 → present
2. EMMAUS PROJECTS LIMITED 1997-11-17 → 2006-12-28
3. BLACKWATER VALLEY ACCOMODATION PROJECTS 1989-10-12 → 1997-11-17

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

Consolidated group

Auditor

Sayer Vincent LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In determining that the Charity continues to be a going concern for the purposes of preparing these financial statements, the Trustees have considered the following: The financial performance of the Charity since 31 March 2025 and current balance sheet position. 2025/26 Budgets and forecasts of performance of the Charity to 31 August 2026, including cash flow. the new contract opportunities and investments that are being progressed that evidence the benefit of the new foundations set for the Charity over the last few years. Through this review, the Trustees have assessed that the Charity continues to be a going concern.”

Group structure

1. STEP BY STEP PARTNERSHIP LTD · parent
   1. Step by Step Fostering Limited 1% · England · non-primary purpose trading activities

Significant events

• “In March 2025, our Supported Lodgings service was inspected under the new Ofsted regime and received a 'Consistently Good' rating.”
• “Step by Step successfully raised a cash receipts figure of £684,673 in 2024/25.”
• “We also launched a rebrand of the Charity, introducing the "Be the Hero" campaign.”
• “A key milestone this year was the purchase of Krystal House in Havant, subsequently renamed Gathergood House, providing supported housing for up to six young people at any one time.”
• “Step by Step Fostering Limited, our subsidiary fostering agency, continued to grow steadily towards meeting its business plan. We now have seven approved foster carers, with three additional carers in the pipeline for panel assessment in 2025.”

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

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +2.1%

  £4,233,406 → £4,322,016

• Cash

  -25.9%

  £1,776,324 → £1,316,922

• Net assets

  +3.9%

  £2,212,937 → £2,298,626

• Employees

  +3.7%

  81 → 84

• Wages

  +9.9%

  £1,940,892 → £2,132,149

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