RECEIFfs AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNrs FOR THE YEAR EfADED 31ST AUGUST 2025 FOR STEPP]NG STONES PSCHOOL PLAYGROUP
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31# 8nded 31 August 2025. AS the cbatity trwtees OrtheTnr. you arnresponsible fortheprepmrion of thts aecovttts ID accordte with the rwU1Mets of Cb4tities Ad 2011 (d Acl). J w ID rosm of my exami0 of the Trnst's O(£¢ymts ctrrilt 8rAioD 145 of the 2011 A¢tondin Bection 145(5)(b) of the ACL I. Acrmtitin8 weff Tt kept in r¢6peth of Tht$S ryuired by dioD 130 of the A¢ or 3. Tr ttcounts do not cojnply with applicable xe4uirero¢nts collcernillg thc fornl coll1 of ace¢)ur setoiit in thc Charities (ACcOllts And R¢ports) R¢gulatioJJs 21K)8 other tban aoy reqUireD that the accowirs give a'ln)e and fairview Fhicb is Dot a ttmtter fODsid8rBd u portof Hn indepeDdenL I have no (x)n¢trnB andbave tomè Actw DoothermatteTr ID conD¢¢tron the examinwxon wbi¢h attetion should bedrnwn iti tbi5 iti order to cnable aptuFertmde1dill8 of th¢ beftatld. Keny O'N¢illBA (How) FCCA TiDkets Cros8 Pwdingbr&dge 5P6 INQ
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Chatity Number. 10304 Sl1673 Avonway Commtitiity Centr 36 Sb2ftesbw Street Hampshire SP6 IJF Tekpkn 01425 653517 Fklea Chubb JO¢1 blodip The objeeL of th¢ ¢hity is to enhaDCC the devclopment and edll¢ati of dki]dtM Dnd¢r 8tollltory sclwl fr8e by Stepping StOll05 FryrE¢hool is lor the PmViSiOD of affothbb Eady Yuts child for th¢ pthlic benefi¢ for all cbildren 2.5 y¢pTh from FOrdID¥id8¢ 8tsd the slluoundimg area It 15 deliv¢rvJ by providiog fill]y qv8Jified staff and 8Uitabl¢ te8ouff¢$ and equipment io 8ccoxdBoc¢ with EYFS guid¢lines. It is a non.pmfit mokingorzani5ationEpJn by appx¢nt¢omn)ltte¢ comprisiogofunpBidvolunt¢m (frurtees) where yfndslIed ar• lD¥d inro the weschool to improv¢ and c1Ce the provision of cbildc4re within the commuoily. FlellTril• are offered within the opeoiDg liti]es of 8.458m4pm w suii indiridual reqll1rents. Thi$ &¢wnlill8 lod focused on tbe pr¢pntion of the tthldcr for an Early provisioD on thc tDfani and Junior Sch1 sits. The t• 4loD8 with staff mode the docision that if stcpping Stones did not appty. our nvmb¢rs would bkely ltW wide]y acktb)wledgedat the time that thtt8 was notthe dern• within Th¢ appli10 w#$ due kn theAnrott)n tetm of 24 80 tho decis wasrnade in thé attdthebll]kof tTr PtrP8EatiOn VI uttdethin theSwnrnerHo]iday6. S>pIng Styn&8 wcrc shi)rtlisl #nd gAveD theopponunity to prsent to ndupanel. We were &w£eSS illWinDitsg thc bid in November2¢J24.
Wc began ]wiiatioJkg with Avoaway Centre to leave our c[¢ ItXatio al¢)ti8side this. work se£ up a new ¢harity And COJDpaoy continued in order that we could make the th8Dges to t*come a Company Limitedby Guaran. On the 5th March we calledanExtraordiaary Meetin8 in accordaucewith our¢oJ)ttitatiOti to update oDrparettV rrngt¢¢s aud to ask them to vole TO close the exisllng chuiry and transfer stsff and hopefolly all assets to Ihe new eharityl ¢ompaoy. The trasfer of assets being subieci io th¢ agrtEnwDt of the Earky Yea Allignet as per our ¢OTJstithtioa. The resultof the vots met theTcqulreme of CODstitution reglD¥ VOt?Dg to cIose Stepping StoM¢sbut afiJrthcrmeeiiD8 reqUIred to be hddatthepoiotnearErtbeliJn¢ of closurn to vo lo treDElcr the #&%ts. SFttifically: Vthe Pie-thl is wimndup ordissolvedandafterallof itsdebts andliAbilRlie8 bavebt¢Dwxsfid tlw¢rernains any pmpcrty OT thesc shall noi be pwd distributrd amonyi th¢ Mernbm of the Pre-8dM)ol iwi shall Ix 4Jp]ied in one w morè of the followiD8 ways: to another PLMcb£x)l e#ablisbed os a chlty whcw govcrning inSIn pmhhits th¢ distiibution of 8imilarto thts of the P[¢-8¢IoI. or (b) such other Matt]r ¢(xJsistent with the charithble $thtu$ of the Pr¢-s¢hool u the Pft th)ol Learning It WAS a I$Y yw. As StePPiDg Swias pS¢h¢#)1 wlth 26 childrn. 13 chiJdteD left in the sUMTr to 80 s¢houl and the Temhinder plantiing lo slqy withu$ w¢mad¢ themovetobe¢ome Muddy Bo)tsF0rd1ng2dg the yw we wern forumatr ts) recéive a generous doDaiiott frnjn Ro¥k R¢)sè UK whi¢h w¢ put towards with special ¢ducaUo4al nee Wc gjso rec¢ived comrnissi(m from Fasy Fundraising and Plwiei Lth¢b. Fundrll8 a¢VIll¢s Also rais¢d additiotial funds And wc ar• very thanknjj for killd supwt The Sknp, Fwdingbrid8e forhosong 2 fondraisin8 qUAZZC4 thuwIthe y. We aim hold cash at bak of noi less than one tenn's oFwaliag In unrestrictrd ffjnd& Thefjc f#nd$ 4r¢ Apprnved by the TraAteeJ on.23J..pS.J21ll6 and sig]ed on its beh8Jf by Helen Chubb
Yweuded 3111 2025 ents 1139)4 113394 79.178 &179 FuDd tailing activff 5251 BwDkintemst {iJ IW55 25Jf2 9J983 St#ff eo$t$ 91983 5&104 1.016 iJ84 ConsuJ)xbks artdfood vouche ulpn¥DÈ 3518 3518 3.124 Menl)efship subsuiptnS Lt8AI pmfesstots Indep¢nd¢nt (knliog3 &Eveots 4ZI 411 17 1779 525 165 165 tij Jklb. 79,741 .7934 -7,934 Cash bAvu8bt forward 215 20215
Year etyded 31J* A MONETARY ASS SantsndersaviDgs account HSBCFundroi8er account PtE-¥cbool Petty ¢asb 4369 1.815 3.685 14 T(KfALMONEfARY AssEf6 11.096 1,185 DEBTORS Owed fmm pEMrs 732 LTABILrriKs PAYE & Nl 252 Equipnl TrAonim¢r Th18ie Helen Chubb