01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC050297
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- Not supplied
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
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
Charitable 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
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
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
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2025 | £43,714 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £40,391 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 29 December 2025 |
| 30 April 2024 | £34,110 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £37,104 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 5 August 2024 |
| 30 April 2023 | £47,375 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £9,121 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 7 August 2023 |
| 30 April 2022 | £8,915 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £28,876 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 21 May 2023 |
| 30 April 2021 | £34,600 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,721 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 13 January 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.startingstep.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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