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2022-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

From Period start date T Period end date Day Month Year o Day Month Year 1 April 2021 31 March 2022

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Stepping Stones Pre School Playgroup

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1061711

Stepping Stones

Charity's principal address Community Centre 1 Border Road Strensall, Nr York Postcode YO32 5SR

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Name of person (or body) Dates acted if not for Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee whole year (if any)

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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian
trustees)		 Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian
trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser

Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Pre School Learning Alliance Constitution Type of governing document

How the charity is constituted

Pre School Learning Alliance Constitution

Management Committee elected by Parent group at AGM Trustee selection methods

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

related parties;

Stepping Stones Pre School Playgroup is a stand alone charitable group that is a member of the National body the Pre School Learning Alliance.

Stepping Stones is a military sponsored group in that operates out of a military community centre and primarily supports the children of the service community from the York Garrison area. However, children from the local community are permitted to access the group on a fill up basis.

The main cause for concern/risk, is that the group mush have sufficient reserves to meet its staff redundancy liabilities should the group close. The group has therefore had a long standing commitment to ensure that sufficient reserves are always in place to meet this cost.

major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

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To provide an Early Years setting for the dependants of Service personnel and local civilian families, offering a stimulating and nurturing environment for which the Early Years Foundation Summary of the objects State framework provide policy learning guidelines. of the charity set out in its governing document Stepping Stones Pre School Playgroup exists to provide a safe and nurturing environment for children aged 2 to 4 to develop. These children are the beneficiaries of the Charity and enrol in the Pre School on a voluntary basis from the Service and local Communities in the Strensall area of York.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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N/A You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about: ●[policy on grantmaking;] ●[policy programme related] investment; ●[contribution made by ] volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Stepping Stones Pre School Playgroup is thriving with a constant flow of applications from Parents to enrol their child/children in the group.

The group is multi cultural with the children of Gurkha families and other Foreign & Commonwealth personnel enrolled.

The group continues to excel at the OFSTED inspection.

Section E Financial review

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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Stepping Stones Pre School Playgroup management committee ensures that the amount held in reserves will cover the cost of staff redundancies should the group close.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information) You may choose to include The prime source of funding is from LEA funding and parental additional information, fees. where relevant about: ●[the charity’s principal ] A small sum of money will be raised through fundraising. sources of funds The key cost to the charity are staff wages and PAYE/NIC (including any contributions to HMRC. This cost is in line with the key fundraising); objectives of the charity as the employment of quality staff is ●[how expenditure has ] pivotal to the existence of the group. supported the key The group is non profit making with every penny put back into objectives of the charity; the running costs of the group. The group has approx. £35,000 ●[investment policy and ] reserve, in the event the group should close and redundancy payments made. objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signed on original Signature(s) Signed on original Jackie Mortimer Full name(s) David Kirkbride Position (eg Secretary, Chair of Management Supervisor Chair, etc) Committee

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Date 7 January 2022 TAR March 2012

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Charity Name No (if any)
Stepping Stones Pre School 1061711
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period
To
from 01/04/2021 31/03/2022
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Fees, Childcare Vouchers and Grants 131,356 131,356 152,326
Fundraising 215 215 230
Interest Received 5 5 26
Visits/Trips - -
Other - - -
- -
- -
- -
131,576 - - 131,576 152,582
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 131,576 - - 131,576 152,582
A3 Payments
Pre School Expenditure 23,990 23,990 18,214
Wages 98,969 98,969 99,347
PAYE/NIC 10,667 10,667 25,804
Admin expenses 7,350 7,350 5,830
Fundraising Expenses - - -
Insurance 1,118 1,118 -
Premises Expenses 366 366 -
Training 429 429 2,632
Bank charges - -
Sub total [ 142,890 ] - - 142,890 151,827
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 142,890 - - 142,890 151,827
Net of receipts/(payments) - 11,314 - - - 11,314 755
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 89,949 89,949 89,194
Cash funds this year end 78,635 - - 78,635 89,949
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B5 Liabilities
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B3 Investment assets
B2 Other monetary assets
B1 Cash funds		 Signature
Details
Details
Details
Details
Deposit Account
HSBC
Barclays
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
47,116
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31,519
78,635
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OK
OK
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
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Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
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Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
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Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
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Print Name		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
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OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
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Current value
(optional)
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Current value
(optional)
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When due
(optional)
Date of
approval

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/
members of
On accounts for the year
ended
Set out on pages
Responsibilities and
basis of report		 Stepping Stones Pre School Stepping Stones Pre School Stepping Stones Pre School
31stMarch 2022 Charity no
(if any)		 1061711
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2021.
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(“the Act”).

I 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, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Signed copy held on file Date: 20/06/2023 Name: Mrs Sharon Jackson Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 1 Cundall Close Strensall York, YO32 5ZW

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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