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|Independent<br>Examiner's<br>Report||||
|Statement ofFinancial Activities||||
|Statement ofFinancial Position||||
|Notes to the Financial Statements|5|to|8|
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||||Unrestncted|Building|Total|Total|
||||fund|rental|funds|funds|
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|INCOME FROM|||||||
|Grants|||197,248||197,248|173,671|
|Other trading activities|||33,442||33,442|32,245|
|Investment<br>income||||48|48|92|
|Total|||230,690|48|230,738|206,008|
|EXPENDITURE ON|||||||
|Other trading activities||4|204,647||204,647|216,039|
|Support costs|||11,671||11,671|8,345|
|Total|||216,318||216,318|224,384|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|||14,372||14,420|(18,376)|
|RECONCILIATION|OF FUNDS||||||
|Total funds brought forward|||52,949|15,260|68,209|86,585|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|||67,321|15,308|82,629|68,209|





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||||Unrestricted|Building|Total|Total|
||||fund|rental|funds|funds|
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|CURRENT ASSETS|||||||
|Cash at|bank and in hand||72,478|15,308|87,786|72,154|
|CREDITORS|||||||
|Amounts|falling due within one year||(5,157)||(5,157)|(3,945)|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS|||67,321|15,308|82,629|68,209|
|TOTAL|ASSETSLESSCURRENT LIABILITIES||67,321|15,308|82,629|68,209|
|NET ASSETS|||67,321|15,308|82,629|68,209|
|FUNDS|||||||
|Unrestricted<br>funds|||||82,629|68,209|
|TOTAL|FUNDS||||82,629|68,209|





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|Fee income||31,722|32,231|
|Milk income||),6)3||
|Purchase|refimd|107|14|
|||33,442|32,245|
|INVESTMENT INCOME||||
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|Support staff|||||12|12|
|No employees<br>received||emoluments|in excess of860,000.||||
|COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL||||ACTIVITIES|||
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|||||Unrestricted|Building|Total|
|||||fund|rental|funds|
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|INCOME FROM|||||||
|Grants||||173,671||173,671|
|Other trading activities||||32,245||32,245|
|Investment<br>income|||||92|92|
|Total||||205,916|92|206,008|
|EXPENDITURE ON|||||||
|Other trading activities||||216,039||216,039|
|Support costs||||8,345||8,345|
|Total||||224,384||224,384|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)||||(18,468)|92|(18,376)|
|RECONCILIATIOiN||OF FUNDS|||||
|Total funds brought|forward|||71,417|15,168|86,585|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD||||52,949|15,260|68,209|





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|8.|CREDITOR|S:|AMOUNT|S|FA|LLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEA|R|||
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|||||||||31.12.20|31.12.19|
||Taxation and|social security||||||4,489|2,581|
||Other creditors|||||||668|1,364|
|||||||||5,157|3,945|
|9.|MOVEMENT||IN FUNDS|||||||
|||||||||Net||
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||||||||At 1.1.20|in funds|31.12.20|
||Unrestricted|funds||||||||
||General<br>fund||||||52,949|14,372|67,321|
||Designated<br>fund||- Buildmg|rental|||15,260|48|15,308|
||||||||68,209|14,420|82,629|
||TOTAL FUNDS||||||68,209|14,420|82,629|
||Net movement|m funds, included||||in the above are as follows:||||
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||General fund||||||230,690|(216,318)|14,372|
||Designated<br>fund||- Building rental||||48||48|
||||||||230,738|(216,318 )|14,420|
||TOTAL FUNDS||||||230,738|(216,318)|14,420|
||Comparatives|for movement|||in|funds||||



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||||At 1.1.19|in funds|31.12.19|
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|General|fund||71,417|(18,468)|52,949|
|Designated||fund - Building rental|15,168|92|15,260|
||||86,585|(18,376)|68,209|
|TOTAL|FUNDS||86,585|(18,376)|68,209|





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|General<br>fund<br>Designated<br>fund||- Building||rental||205,916<br>92|(224,384)|(18,468)<br>92|
|||||||206,008|(224,384)|(18,376)|
|TOTAL FUNDS||||||206,008|(224,384)|(18,376)|
|A current year 12months|||and prior year 12 months||combined|position is as follows:|||
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||||||||movement|At|
|||||||At 1.1.19|in funds|31.12.20|
|Unrestricted|funds||||||||
|General fund<br>Designated<br>fund||—Building||rental||71,417<br>15,168|(4,096)<br>140|67,321<br>!5,308|
|||||||86,585|(3,956)|82,629|
|TOTAL FUNDS||||||86,585|(3,956)|82,629|



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|Unrestricted|funds|||||
|General fund<br>Designated<br>fund||—Building rental|436,606<br>140|(440,702)|(4,096)<br>140|
||||436,746|(440,702)|(3,956)|
|TOTAL FUNDS|||436,746|(440,702)|(3,956)|
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|||Stepping Stones ofChester|||
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|||Detailed Statement ofFinancial Activities|||
|||for the Year Ended 31 December 2020|||
||||31.12.20|31.12.19|
|INCOME|||||
|Grants|||||
|Grants including<br>NEG Funding|||197,248|173,671|
|Other trading<br>activities|||||
|Fee income<br>Milk income<br>Purchase refund|||31,722<br>1,613<br>107|32,231<br>14|
||||33,442|32,245|
|Investment<br>income|||||
|Deposit account interest|||48|92|
|Total incoming<br>resources|||230,738|206,008|
|EXPENDITURE|||||
|Other trading<br>activities|||||
|Activities<br>and materials<br>Wages<br>Consumables<br>(food)<br>Milk cost<br>Courses/meetings<br>Insurance<br>Uniform|||8,573<br>182,317<br>1,416<br>1,380<br>150<br>1,082<br>242|15,811<br>173,409<br>1,920<br>1,856<br>1,907<br>1,263|
|Premises expenses<br>Bank loan interest|||9,319<br>92|12,781|
||||204,571|208,947|
|Investment<br>management|costs||||
|Property repairs|||76||
|Support costs|||||
|Finance|||||
|Administration<br>expenses<br>Consultants<br>Other expenses|||10,405<br>42<br>1,224|8,210<br>60<br>7, 167|
||||11,671|15,437|
|Total resources expended|||216,318|224,384|
|Net income/(expenditure)|||14,420|(18,376 )|





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||Names|ofthe cha|rity trustees who m|anage the charity||||
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||Trustee|name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot for whole<br>ear|Name <br>to a|ofperson (or body) entitled<br>oint trustee<br>ifan||
|1|Kerry Liversage||Chair|||||
|2|Natasha|Barron|Treasurer|||||
|3|Laura Turner||Secretary|||||
|4|Debbie|Tasker||||||
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|Names and addresses<br>ofadvisers<br>(Optional<br>information)|Names and addresses<br>ofadvisers<br>(Optional<br>information)|||
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|T<br>e ofadviser<br>Name|Address|||
|Name ofchief executive or names ofsenior staff members<br>(Optional<br>information)||||
|~<br>e|~ ~<br>~<br>~|||
|Description<br>ofthe charity's trusts||||
|Type of governing<br>document|Pre School Alliance constitution|||
|How the charity is constituted|Trust|||
|Trustee selection methods|Parents are invited to AGM, trustees are invited<br>tp stand and then<br>appointed<br>by election and check procedures.|||
|Additional<br>governance<br>issues (Optional<br>information)||||
|You may choose to include<br>additional<br>information,<br>where|Stepping Stones Pre school is registered<br>with OFSTED reg No 305344<br>and is a member ofthe Pre School Learning<br>Alliance.|||
|relevant,<br>about:|Stepping Stones Pre school offers child care and education<br>to the|local||
|~<br>policies and procedures|community<br>and has been operating<br>for in excess of30years.|||
|adopted for the induction<br>and<br>training<br>oftrustees;<br>~<br>the charity's<br>organisational|We are registered as Early Years Providers<br>with OFSTED. Our average<br>sessional<br>number<br>of children<br>is approximately<br>60.|||
|structure<br>and any wider<br>network<br>with which the charity<br>works;|The pre school reviews<br>all current policies and procedures<br>on a regular<br>basis. The review process is ongoing. The Pre school has a child<br>protection<br>policy<br>in place which includes safer recruitment<br>procedures||and|
|~<br>relationship<br>with any related<br>parties;|statutory<br>requirements.<br>Staff DBSchecks are carried out in line with<br>recommended<br>guidance<br>(every 3years).|||
|~<br>trustees'<br>consideration<br>of|All committee<br>members<br>give there time voluntarily<br>and receive no|||
|major risks and the system|remuneration<br>or benefits.|||
|and procedures<br>to manage<br>them.|The Pre school is led by an enthusiastic,<br>committed<br>and dedicated<br>qualified<br>staff. The group is supported<br>by a voluntary<br>management|team of||
||committee<br>made<br>u<br>b<br>arents.|||
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||The Pre school receives support<br>from Cheshire west and Chester|Early||
||Years team.|||
|Summary<br>ofthe objects ofthe|The Preschool has good relations<br>with the onsite local primary school.|||
|charity set out in its|The locality ensure good practice and the smooth transitions<br>for children|||
|governing<br>document|from the pre school environment<br>in to full time education.|||
||The Pre School aims to provide<br>high quality,<br>affordable<br>and accessible|||
||child careto<br>reschoolchildren<br>a ed 2 —statuto<br>schoola e inasafe|||
|AR|March|2012||





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