2024-03-31-accounts - Strensall Station Playgroup

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

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

Charity name Stepping Stones Pre School Playgroup Other names charity is known by Stepping Stones Registered charity number (if any) 1061711 Charity's principal address Community Centre 1 Border Road Strensall, Nr York Postcode YO32 5SR ~~——=>~~ Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled to Trustee name Office (if any) year appoint trustee (if any) 1

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

2 craig atkin
3 vicky fenwick
4 helen oldroyd
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year ~~————<—<———~~ TAR 1 March 2012

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 (eg. trust deed, constitution) Pre School Learning Alliance Constitution How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Management Committee elected by Parent group at AGM Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include Stepping Stones Pre School Playgroup is a stand alone charitable group additional information, where that is a member of the National body the Pre School Learning Alliance. relevant, about: ● policies and procedures Policies have been recently updated to ensure paramount interest of all adopted for the induction and users. training of trustees; Stepping Stones is a military sponsored group in that operates out of a ● the charity’s organisational military community centre and primarily supports the children of the structure and any wider service community from the York Garrison area. However, children from network with which the charity the local community are permitted to access the group on a fill up basis. works; The main cause for concern/risk, is that the group must have sufficient ● relationship with any related reserves to meet its staff redundancy liabilities should the group close. parties; The group has therefore had a long standing commitment to ensure that ● trustees’ consideration of 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

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 State framework provide policy Summary of the objects of the learning guidelines. charity set out in its governing document

2 March 2012

TAR

Stepping Stones Pre School Playgroup exists to provide a safe and nurturing environment for children aged 0 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)

N/A

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

3 March 2012

TAR

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.

March 2012

TAR

Section E Financial review

Stepping Stones Pre School Playgroup management committee ensures Brief statement of the that the amount held in reserves will cover the cost of staff redundancies charity’s policy on reserves should the group close.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include The prime source of funding is from LEA funding and parental fees. additional information, where relevant about:

A small sum of money will be raised through fundraising.

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including The key cost to the charity are staff wages and PAYE/NIC contributions to
any fundraising); HMRC. This cost is in line with the key objectives of the charity as the
● how expenditure has employment of quality staff is pivotal to the existence of the group. supported the key objectives of the charity; The group is non profit making with every penny put back into the running
● investment policy and costs of the group. The group has approx. £45.000 reserve, in the event objectives including any the group should close and redundancy payments made. 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

Signature(s) Signed on original

Signed on original

Full name(s) Craig Atkin

J Mortimer

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair of Management Committee

Supervisor

Date 7 January 2022

5 March 2012

TAR

Charity Name No (if any) Stepping Stones Pre School 1061711 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period To from 01/04/2023 31/03/2024 ~~Bo~~ Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts Fees, Childcare Vouchers and Grants 191,075 191,075 135,499 Fundraising 1,240 Interest Received 482 482 91 Visits/Trips - Other 250 250 - - - - 191,808 - - 191,808 136,830 —==—= Sub total (Gross income for AR) == A2 Asset and investment sales, - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - ——— Total receipts 191,808 - - ~~——~~ 191,808 136,830 A3 Payments Pre School Expenditure 27,213 27,213 14,351 Wages 118,364 118,364 107,520 PAYE/NIC 20,012 20,012 16,075 Admin expenses 6,440 6,440 14,516 Insurance - Premises Expenses 2,582 2,582 1,479 Training 2,237 2,237 1,513 Bank charges - Sub total [ 176,848 ] - - 176,848 155,454 A4 Asset and investment == === - == - Sub total - ———— Total payments 176,848 - - ~~——~~ 176,848 155,454 Net of receipts/(payments) 14,960 - - 14,960 - 18,624 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 60,012 60,012 78,636 Cash funds this year end ===== 74,972 - - 74,972 60,012 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Details Unrestricted Restricted Endowment to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Deposit Account 40,555 - HSBC - Barclays 34,417 - Total cash funds_ 74,972 - - ~~SS~~ (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) OK OK OK = Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B2 Other monetary assets - - - - - - - - - - - - —S==>

Signed by one or two trustees on B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities	Details Details Signature Details	- - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which Amount due - - - - - Print Name	- - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due Date of

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/	Stepping Stones Pre School
members of

On accounts for the year	31stMarch 2024	Charity no	1061711
ended		(if any)

Set out on pages	1 and 2
	I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
	charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2024.
Responsibilities and	As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
basis of report	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:

the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

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: 18/07/25 Name: Mrs Sharon Jackson Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 1 Cundall Close Strensall York, YO32 5ZW

Oct 2018

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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 .

Oct 2018

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