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STEM4 plans to expand digital support tools with a focus on disadvantaged groups.
Expand evidence-based digital support, with a particular focus on widening access for disadvantaged and underrepresented groups.
Service · Policy statement · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 35
STEM4 aims to further develop Clear Fear for Schools and deepen partnerships in the next financial year.
Priorities include further developing Clear Fear for Schools for future expansion, deepening partnerships that support early intervention, and continuing to use robust impact data to inform delivery and investment decisions.
Strategic · Commitment statement · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 33
Unrestricted reserves increased to £63,465, continuing a positive trend.
Unrestricted reserves increased to £63,465 (FY24: £40,951), continuing the positive trajectory established in recent years.
Financial · Observational claim · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 32
STEM4's financial discipline includes maintaining a low level of non-core overheads.
Operational adjustments included maintaining a low level of non-core overheads, stabilising income streams and focussing on partnerships with significant or multi-year funders.
Financial · Procedural statement
STEM4's suite of five apps were downloaded 280,000 times during the year.
Our apps were downloaded 280,000 times and we supported 220,000 active users, bringing total lifetime downloads to 5.7 million worldwide.
Service · Observational claim · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 31
STEM4 aims to deliver accessible, early-intervention support through digital tools.
We continue to prioritise the development and dissemination of digital tools that provide young people with immediate, evidence-based support for anxiety, self-harm, depression, and eating disorders.
Service · Policy statement · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 30
Stem4 continues to adhere to NHS clinical safety standards and maintains rigorous risk assessments for its digital products.
All stem4 apps continue to be developed and maintained in line with NHS clinical safety standards under DCB0129, supported by rigorous risk assessments, an up-to-date Hazard Log, and ongoing clinical oversight to identify and mitigate emerging risks.
Service · Procedural statement · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 25
Stem4 has implemented measures to enhance cybersecurity and data protection, including multi-factor authentication across all systems.
Implemented multi-factor authentication (MFA) across all websites and systems, significantly strengthening system security and closing a key risk identified in the prior year.
Governance · Procedural statement · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 24
Stem4 prioritizes the development and commercialization of Clear Fear for Schools to ensure long-term financial sustainability.
Clear Fear for Schools will remain a focus, offering long-term potential for commercial income that supports the charity’s future while ensuring the programme remains free at the point of use for young people.
Financial · Policy statement · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 23
Stem4 focuses on pursuing multi-year funding and developing sustainable income pathways to balance financial stability with equitable access.
We will continue to pursue multi-year and core funding wherever possible, while developing income pathways that balance sustainability with equitable access.
Financial · Policy statement · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 23
Stem4 aims to maintain a surplus position and strengthen financial resilience through diversified income streams.
Our priority is to maintain a surplus position, continue operating within our reserves policy, and further strengthen financial resilience through diversified income streams.
Financial · Policy statement · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 23
Stem4's reserves closed at £63,465 by the end of FY25.
Our reserves closed the year at £63,465, all held as unrestricted funds. This places the charity marginally below its reserves policy target of maintaining between three and six months’ operating expenditure.
Financial · Observational claim · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 22
Stem4 achieved a financial surplus of £22,514 in FY25.
In a challenging external environment, we are pleased to report a financial surplus of £22,514, marking a significant turnaround from the previous two years and representing the charity’s strongest financial performance in the last three years.
Financial · Observational claim · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 21
Stem4 aims to diversify its income sources and secure multi-year funding commitments.
Continue diversifying income across grants, partnerships, earned income and philanthropy. Grow multi-year funding commitments to provide financial predictability and operational stability.
Financial · Commitment statement · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 16
Stem4 plans to produce robust evidence demonstrating the impact of early digital interventions.
Produce robust evidence demonstrating how early digital interventions reduce pressure on teachers, pastoral staff, and traditional NHS pathways.
Research · Commitment statement · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 16
Stem4 aims to enhance user experience across its apps.
Enhance user experience across our apps, with a particular focus on Clear Fear and its school-based implementation.
Operational · Procedural statement · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 16
The Clear Fear study showed statistically significant reductions in symptoms of anxiety and depression.
The peer-reviewed research showed statistically significant reductions in symptoms of anxiety and depression, reinforcing Clear Fear as an evidence-based tool suitable for large-scale preventative use
Research · Metric statement · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 11
The Clear Fear app was selected for the NICE Digital Self-Help for Eating Disorders: Early Value Assessment.
Worth Warrior was selected as one of only three technologies included in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Digital Self-Help for Eating Disorders: Early Value Assessment
Commissioning · Policy statement · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 11
stem4's digital tools provided immediate support to friends and family in 1,390 instances.
Provide 1,390 instances of immediate support to friends and family
Service · Observational claim · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 10
Anxiety is the most common reason for mental health referrals to NHS CYPMHS.
Anxiety is the most common reason for mental health referrals to NHS Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS)
Context · Observational claim · From Stem4 — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 September 2025, page 8