RECEIFfs AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNrs FOR THE YEAR EfADED 31ST AUGUST 2025 FOR STEPP]NG STONES P￿SCHOOL PLAYGROUP teD Recelpts •Dd paymeDts 31# 8nded 31* August 2025. AS the cbatity trwtees OrtheTn￿r. you arnresponsible fortheprepmrion of thts aecovttts ID accord￿te with the rwU1￿Me￿ts of Cb4tities Ad 2011 (d￿ Acl). J w ID rosm of my exami￿0￿ of the Trnst's O(£¢ymts ctrri￿l*￿t 8rAioD 145 of the 2011 A¢tondin Bection 145(5)(b) of the ACL I. Acrmtitin8 weff T￿t kept in r¢6peth of Th￿t$S ryuired by *dioD 130 of the A¢ or 3. Tr ttcounts do not cojnply with applicable xe4uirero¢nts collcernillg thc fornl coll￿1 of ace¢)ur setoiit in thc Charities (ACcO￿llts And R¢ports) R¢gulatioJJs 21K)8 other tban aoy reqUireD￿￿ that the accowirs give a'ln)e and fairview Fhicb is Dot a ttmtter fODsid8rBd u portof Hn indepeDdenL I have no (x)n¢trnB andbave tomè Actw DoothermatteTr ID conD¢¢tron the examinwxon ￿ wbi¢h atte￿tion should bedrnwn iti tbi5 iti order to cnable aptuFertmde1￿dill8 of th¢ beftatl*d. Keny O'N¢illBA (How) FCCA TiDkets Cros8 Pwdingbr&dge 5P6 INQ which 8ivc a lyue fair view of its fjDanei81 activitie6 duritig the y¢ar aud of its fiDanciAI posiiion at 4ele£t suitabk arLOUDling kK)]icie8 aud apply th¢m ¢ODSiStcnty the chuity will coll11n￿ in operaiio The arewtinsibie forkwing e)nable accurncy. the fm8Dcial position of the Ch¢ity * aDy tiwe, and to ettablc them as trnstees to eDsure that the Aeeovnts wly with Cknity law. TheT￿￿teel wealso re5ponsiblefor 8afe8uArthn8 tho Ckniry'$ 458¢ts and eJ)swing their proper opplication in a¢cordance with Charity 14w. and bence for iaknng re&wDable skps for the pr¢veDtion ond detection ot euor, fraud oth¢rirregulatities. Z3J..Q4.J 2Q26 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¢ ¢h*ity 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 ￿yf￿nds￿lIed ar• ￿lD¥**d inro the weschool to improv¢ and c￿1￿Ce the provision of cbildc4re within the commuoily. FlellTril• are offered within the opeoiDg liti]es of 8.458m4pm w suii indiridual reqll1ren￿ts. Thi$ &¢wnlill8 ￿lod focused on tbe pr¢pntion of the tthldcr for an Early provisioD on thc tDfani and Junior Sch￿1 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¢ appli￿10￿ w#$ due kn theAnrott)n tetm of 2￿4 80 tho decis￿ wasrnade in thé attdthebll]kof tTr PtrP8EatiOn VI￿ uttdethin theSwnrnerHo]iday6. S￿>pIng Styn&8 wcrc shi)rtlis￿l #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 reg￿lD¥ 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 ch￿lty whcw govcrning inSIn￿ pmhhits th¢ distiibution of 8imilarto thts￿ of the P[¢-8¢I￿oI. 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￿$Y yw. As StePPiDg Swias p￿S¢h¢#)1 wlth 26 childrn. 13 chiJdteD left in the sUMTr￿ to 80 s¢houl and the Temhinder plantiing lo slqy withu$ ￿ w¢mad¢ themovetobe¢ome Muddy Bo)tsF0rd1ng￿2dg 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. Fundr￿ll8 a¢￿VIll¢s Also rais¢d additiotial funds And wc ar• very thanknjj for killd supwt The Sknp, Fwdingbrid8e forhosong 2 fondraisin8 qUAZZC4 th￿u￿wIthe y￿. We aim ￿ hold cash at ba￿k 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 subsuipt￿nS 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 Equipn￿l TrAonim¢r Th18ie Helen Chubb