## **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 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 19 20 **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** 4 **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
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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 1 **Oct 2018** **IER** ## **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** . 2 **Oct 2018** **IER**