Annual accounts
Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
THE NEXT STEP TRUST
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- The Hoover Building, Westfield Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 2DN
- Classification (SIC)
- Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c. (88.99 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 13/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-01-31 with no updates
- 14/11/2025View PDF (29 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 12/02/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-01-31 with no updates
- 03/12/2024View PDF (34 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
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What Pre-Score will tell you
- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Due in 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
14/02/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 31/01/2026Due 14/02/2027
- Next statement date
- 31/01/2027
- Last statement dated
- 31/01/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures THE NEXT STEP TRUST filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2023–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£2.85M2025
7.61%vs 20242024: £2.65M
Total Assets
£3.01M2025
8.15%vs 20242024: £2.78M
Cash in Bank
£669.18K2025
-29.25%vs 20242024: £945.89K
Total Liabilities
£152.46K2025
19.44%vs 20242024: £127.64K
Employees
902025
+24vs 20242024: 66
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Cash in bank moved furthest, down 29.25% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for THE NEXT STEP TRUST.
The full financial record
Four ways through THE NEXT STEP TRUST's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +8% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2023–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 3 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 3 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2023–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | +24 |
| 2024 | 66 | -9 |
| 2023 | 75 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 75 in 2023 to 90 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
- Company potential
- Risk indicators
- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
18Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominee Director | 16/02/2006–16/02/2006 | 3979 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 16/02/2006–16/02/2006 | 4013 | |
| Director | 27/11/2013–Present | 3 | |
| Director | 01/09/2006–22/11/2007 | 2 | |
| Director | 14/03/2006–Present | 1 | |
| Secretary | 01/03/2006–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 01/09/2008–Present | 5 | |
| Director | 30/01/2019–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 19/01/2012–31/07/2013 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/07/2012–31/12/2016 | 0 | |
| Director | 16/02/2006–03/03/2006 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 16/02/2006–01/03/2006 | 0 | |
| Director | 21/06/2023–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 10/12/2011–14/11/2017 | 5 | |
| Director | 05/12/2007–27/11/2013 | 7 | |
| Director | 06/10/2016–31/12/2021 | 7 | |
| Director | 01/03/2006–01/07/2019 | 4 | |
| Director | 01/03/2006–Present | 11 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 16/02/2017–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 10
- Since 03/01/2023
- Last 12 months
- 2
- Same as the year before (2)
- Most recent filing
- 13/02/2026
- 7 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 13/02/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 14/11/2025
Filing timeline
- 13/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-01-31 with no updates
- 14/11/2025View PDF (29 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 12/02/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-01-31 with no updates
- 03/12/2024View PDF (34 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 14/02/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-01-31 with no updates
- 04/01/2024View PDF (33 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 03/07/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Miss Emily Jayne Pearson as a director on 2023-06-21
- 12/02/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr John Spencer Mooney on 2023-01-30
- 12/02/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-01-31 with no updates
- 03/01/2023View PDF (31 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2022-03-31
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About THE NEXT STEP TRUST
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
THE NEXT STEP TRUST is a private limited company by guarantee without share capital, use of "limited" exemption registered in the United Kingdom, based in The Hoover Building, Westfield Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 2DN. Companies House classifies its business as Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.. It has been on the register for 20 years 7 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £2.85M and 90 employees.
THE NEXT STEP TRUST: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records THE NEXT STEP TRUST under one registered business activity: Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c. (88.99 - SIC 2007).
THE NEXT STEP TRUST is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 16/02/2006.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £2.85M, total assets of £3.01M, cash in bank of £669.18K and total liabilities of £152.46K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 13/02/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-01-31 with no updates, 7 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 14/02/2027.
Companies House lists 18 officers (7 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.