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Chair Report
Welcome to the 2024 Report and Accounts.
Stepping Stones continues to be a provider of Pre-School services for children aged 2 until School age.
It has been a good year with a settled staff and high attendee numbers. Revenue and retained surplus have both increased which has resulted in a stronger financial position.
We continue to provide a mixture of indoor and outdoor activities and take a full part within the local community. We work closely with Stoberry Park School and embrace the Early Years Learning framework.
During the year Ofsted undertook an inspection, and we again achieved a _.©ood standard. This plus the reputation we enjoy is a credit to the strong team we have. Thank you to them. It is also pleasing to report that we havea full committee. .
Looking ahead we hope to maintain both our standards and progress.
Derek Logan Chair
STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP
Financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2024
| 2024 | 2623 | |||
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| RECEIPTSANDPAYMENTSACCOUNT | £ | £ | ||
| Receipts | ||||
| Fees | 17,287 | 14,520 | ||
| GovernmentGrantsfor2, | 3and4yearOlds | 66,992 | 59,879 | |
| Fundraising | 708 | A486 | ||
| Donations | 3,850 | 3,760 | ||
| Intereston DepositAccounts | 304 | 120 | ||
| TotalReceipts | 89,141 | ; | 78,765 | |
| Payments | ||||
| Salaries | 69,230 | 64,259 | ||
| Pensions | 1,711 | 966 | ||
| Administration Equipment/Activites/Consumables/Resources |
681 1,547 |
1,139 2,044 |
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| Telephone/Utilities/Rates | 4,563 | 387 | ||
| insurance/Licences | 1,101 | 805 | ||
| Repairs and Renewals | 874 | 139 | ||
| Advertising/Website | 116 | 197 | ||
| Training/Subscriptions/Memberships | 403 | 241 | ||
| Sundry/Uniforms/Photos | 4175 | - | ||
| TotalPayments | 80,399 | 70,177 | ||
| Excfess/(Shortfall) ofReceiptsoverPayments | 8,742 | 8,588 | ||
| Balanceat beginningofyear | 36,362 | 27,774 | ||
| Total | 45,104 | 36,362 | ||
| Represented by: | ||||
| PettyCash at31August | 116 | 83 | ||
| BankCurrentAccountat31August | 20,697 | 12,292 | ||
| DepositAccounts at31August | 24,291 | 23,987 | ||
| 45,104 | 36,362 |
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EN \ CHARITY COMMISSION Independent examiner's FOR ENGLAND AND WALES report on the accounts
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- Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act’).
| report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, | have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (ethertharthat disctosed betow-) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: e accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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