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Starting Step Ltd.

SC050297Registered charity from 20 July 2020
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Website www.startingstep.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
4 The company?s objects are to use hospitality and horticulture to relieve the needs of, and educate, those with an experience of the criminal justice system and those from vulnerable and isolated groups. The company will also advance environmental protection and improvement. In furtherance of this the company will: 4.1 provide a holistic, bespoke training and support service to assist individuals who have experience of the criminal justice system and those from vulnerable and isolated groups in realising their potential whilst developing life and employability skills 4.2 provide and run a training café to provide real life opportunities for skills development for those individuals who have experience of the criminal justice system and who are at risk of committing offences including those from vulnerable groups, in both cases, their spouses, children and dependents who are in need. 4.3 provide and run a kitchen and landscape gardens to grow organic produce whilst providing real life opportunities for skills development for those individuals who have experience of the criminal justice system and who are at risk of committing offences including those from vulnerable groups, in both cases, their spouses, children and dependents who are in need. 4.4 improve the health of those involved by using the benefits of hospitality and horticulture to educate on nutrition, mental and physical health 4.5 promote and advance environmental protection by using the kitchen and landscaped garden as a training tool in sustainability and land protection. 4.6 promote and advance protection of the environment by promoting the reintroduction of indigenous plants and developing a tree plantation for replanting throughout local and wider communities. 4.7 promote sustainable techniques in land management to include the wider Scottish landscape. 4.8 to advance public education in all matters relating to offenders and ex-offenders and to support the eradication of the stigma attaching to offenders and ex-offenders. 4.9 advance such similar purposes, develop any other projects, initiatives, or activities for the benefit of the community as the Directors may consider appropriate
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
We use hospitality and horticulture to support those socially disadvantaged to find a place within society and to build a fair and just future for themselves
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 20 Jul 2020
Main Operating Location: Perth And Kinross
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
30 Apr 2022 £8,915 £28,876 21 May 2023 Yes
30 Apr 2023 £47,375 £9,121 07 Aug 2023 Yes
30 Apr 2024 £34,110 £37,104 05 Aug 2024 Yes
30 Apr 2025 £43,714 £40,391 29 Dec 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
30 Apr 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Jan 2027
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Nicholas Thomson
David Breakspear
Danielle Gaffney Du Plooy
Tamara Piddock
Ron Tasker
Ross Clark
Dr Kylie Murray
Dodie Piddock
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