CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Trustees. Annual Report for the period From end date 0110W2024 Period $tart date to 3110812025 Perlod Charlty name: Stepping Stones nursery and pr&school (Claverdon) CIO Charlty reglstrdtlon number. 1173990 Objectives and Activlties Summary ofthe purposes of the eharity as set out in its govemlng document To enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age by encouraging parents to urKlerstand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by offering appropriate play. education and care faalities. ensuring that they offer opportunities for all children whatever the race. culture. religion. means or ability. by encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting publi inleresl in and recognition of such needs in the local area.. and by adhering to and furthering the aims and objectives of the Pre-schod Learning Allian￿. Summary of tho main activitie5 In relation to those purposes for the public benefil in partl¢ular, the actlvlties. projects or servicts identified in the accounts. The Charity opens five days perweek lo chli dren under 5 yeats of age. reaching a maximum of 30 thildren. We continue lo write a monthly update and advertise in the parish magazine aswell as maintain a social media presen￿. paying regard to child privacy. We attend various activities at the local church to Ththich we are invlted to attend. Statement confirniing whother the trustees have had regard to the guldance Issued by the Charlty Commlsslon on publlc benefit The Trustees have due regard to the guidance published byThe Charity Commission on public benefit. Policy on grant making We welcome all applicalions. and try to offer at least one free place where we reasonably can. This is based on ffinan¢ial need and agreed belween the manager and treasurer. We were given a donation of money several years ago to be allocated to children within the local communty who would otherwse nol be able to Contribution made by volunteer4 We rely and appreL?ate the Sup[￿ from individuals who glve time arKI resources free of charge to support the pre-school: All c(xnmittee members are volunteers whogive thgrtimefreely. Running fijndraiwng events and the settintys v￿bSIte. Fundraising actiiities have resumes frAI0v￿ng COVID measures being relaxed. The hugely popular cinwma dub has recommenced. Aehlevements and Perf0m￿nCe Summary of the main achievements ofthe charity, iden￿Ing the difference the charlty's work has made to the clrcumstances of its beneflclarles and any wkler beneffts to society as a whole. Play is organised and planned in acCOrdan￿WIth guid81ines setout by Ofsted to ensu all areas of the appropriate curriculum are cover&J- all activities are available to all children and activities are planned with varying levels of abilty in Mind. Information about the child￿n,$ abilities and athievements atthe pre•school is recorded and shared with their parents and carers. The pre-school communicates details aboLrt each temi's toplcs and activities via a newsletter to all parents. We have continue to provide supportto famili8s through one on one staffing and preparing Educational Health and Care plans for those children who require our support. The seiting received an inspection visit from OFSTED in July 2022. The resutt was outstanding. which is testsment to the hard work of the manager and all Flnanclal Revlew Review of the char5Vs financlal posluon at the end of the perfod We finished the year at 3110812024 with a cash balance of £46.335, an Increasè of circa fifteen thousand pounds. Grant income has risen conslderably followlng the changes made by the government to expand th8 eligiblllty of the 15 hours chlldcare offering to include two year olds. other factors have remained consistent: however. minimum wage rose again and the wage blll ac¢ordlngly. INe continue to monltor the local environment and plan ahead for any likely changes to Impact the finances. Statemfrnt explalnlng the pollcy for holdlng reserves Statlng why ihey are hold We try to malntaln a level of 6 months cashflow at the end of the financlal year. Thls Includes any expected cosls likely to be pald.. rent, staff wages, redundancy payments and an allowance for reduced Income potential. We monitor and recalculate the requlred redundancy payments In the event of the permanent closure of the pre-school. There is no long term rent requirement. The financial outlook is discu&88d belween the manager and treasurer on a regular basls. The cashbook and bank balance are monltored monthly paying regard to tlming of invoice and grant payments. Addltlonal Inlomiatlon (optlonal) You may choose to Include further stat8m8nls wh8r8 relevant about.. The eharlty'8 prlnclpal 8ource8 of fund8 Ilncludlng any fundral8lng) The main sources are almost an even split between government grant for eligible 2 and 3 year olds and prlvate fee Income. Any further grants for SEN are Ilsted Separately. A de8cilptlon of the prlnclpal rlsk8 fa¢lng the charlty The risks indude: Inability to retain or attract staff with the appropriate levels of qualifications. As tenants we face the risk of no longer having a bullding to run the nursery prethschool from. Changes to govemment policy on free childcare entitlements and restrictlons on charges we can apply out with the government funded hourly rate. Competiti¢Jn from other local nurseries. An eventwhich forces our closure or seriously impacts our reputatlon. We have no long-term financial commitments. The main commitment relates to staff payments and any staff members entitled to r8dundancy payments. We monitor the amounts required bl-annually. The rAsh balance ofthe pre•school are monitored monthly. Structure, Govemance and Management Descrlptlon of charws trusts: Type ofgovemlng document The Pre-school Leaming Alliance Model pre-school constituts'on was adopted on 11912019 when the pre-school became a CIO. How Is the charlty constltuted? The charity Is a CIO. Trustee selectlon methods Includlng details of any constitutlonal provlsions e.g. electk>n to post or name of any peryJon or body entltled to appoint one or more trustees. Trustees are appointed or r&appointed annually atthe AGM In MaylJune of each year. Addltlonal infomiation {optlonal) You may choose to include fvrther statements where relevant about.. Refemnce and Admlnlstratfve detalls Charity name Stepplng Stones nursery and pre-school (Claverdon) cio Other namè thé charity Uses Registered charSty number 1173990 Charity's principal address Church Centre, Church Rd, Clav8rdon, Wapwlck CV35 8PB Names of th8 Charlty truotees who manage the charlty Offlco Ilf any) Dates acted If notfor whole year Nama of person lor body) entitled to appolDt trustse If an TfU8tse name Klrsty Smlth Katy Jones TREASURER Chair Julla Stephanle Wagstaffe stacey Altham • ¢U8tod Descrlption of the assels held In this capaclty haff ol others NIA Name and objects of the charfly on whosg behalf the assets are held and how this falls wlthln the custodlan charity's objecis Details ofarrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the chari Additional infomiation (¢)pl￿naI) Names and addresses of advwjrs {Optk)nal inf0m￿l￿n} Type of Name Name of chiefexecutive or names of senior staff rnernbe￿ (Opts'onal infomiation) Exemptions from dlscb8ure Reason for nOr￿dISdO8Ure of kev nel detsbls NIA Other o tional infrnfion Declarations Tho trustofrs declare thal they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charlty's trustees Slgnature(s) Full namdsl Position (eg Secretsry, Chalr, etc) Date AS.oÉ.IoiG **Charity Name No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||||**Endowment**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**|||**Total funds**||**Last year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**to the nearest**
**£**||**to the nearest**|**£**|||**to the nearest**|**£**|||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest**|**£**| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||| |WCC Grant|**121,916**|||**-**||||**-**|||**121,916**|||**-**| |Additional|**12,398**|||**-**||||**-**|||**12,398**|||**-**| |Fees|**53,640**|||**-**||||**-**|||**53,640**|||**-**| |Fundraising|**88**|||**-**||||**-**|||**88**|||**-**| |Interest|**1,003**|||**-**||||**-**|||**1,003**|||**-**| |Deposits|**1,413**|||**-**||||**-**|||**1,413**|||**-**| |Training|**507**|||**-**||||**-**|||**507**|||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**190,964**|||**-**||||**-**|||**190,964**|||**-**| |||||||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||||||||||| |**(see table).**||||||||||||||| ||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||**-**|||| ||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||**-**|||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**||||**-**||**-**|||**-**| |||||||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_**|**190,964**||||**-**||||**-**||**190,964**|||**-**| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**121,916**
**12,398**
**53,640**
**88**
**1,003**
**1,413**
**507**
**-**
**190,964**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**121,916**
**12,398**
**53,640**
**88**
**1,003**
**1,413**
**507**
**-**
**190,964**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**121,916**
**12,398**
**53,640**
**88**
**1,003**
**1,413**
**507**
**-**
**190,964**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |WCC Grant|**121,916**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**121,916**||**-**| |Additional|**12,398**|||**12,398**||**-**| |Fees|**53,640**|||**53,640**||**-**| |Fundraising|**88**|||**88**||**-**| |Interest|**1,003**|||**1,003**||**-**| |Deposits|**1,413**|||**1,413**||**-**| |Training|**507**|||**507**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**190,964**|||**190,964**||**-**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**190,964**||**-**| |||||||| |Salaries|**117,157**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**117,157**||**-**| |Rent &premises|**11,901**|||**11,901**||**-**| |Office costs & Admin|**5,972**|||**5,972**||**-**| |HMRC & Pension|**14,985**|||**14,985**||**-**| |Education supplies|**5,408**|||**5,408**||**-**| |Training|**1,127**|||**1,127**||**-**| |Fundraising|**200**|||**200**||**-**| |Micellaneous|**2,755**|||**2,755**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**159,506**|||**159,506**||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**159,506**||**-**| |||||||| ||**31,458**||**-**|
**31,458**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**31,458**||**-**|**31,458**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 30/06/2026 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**
**Details**
Current Account
Savings
60 day accounts
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**19,105**
**28,690**
**30,000**
**77,795**
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name Date of approval CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 30/06/2026 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of Stepping Stones Nursery and pre-school Claverdon On accounts for the year ended 31°, August 2025 Charity no lif any} 1173990 Set out on pages I report to Ihe tfustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust'l for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordan￿ 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)(bl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention {other than that disclosed below "} in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe thal in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no COn￿rnS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. Please delete the wonys in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: 30kn June 2026 Name: Keith Baldwin - KWB Accounting Limited Relevant professional qualification(sl or body lif any): Address: 13 Newfield Crescent Halesowen B63 3SS IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem {see CC32, Independent examination of charty accounts.. dFrections and guidan￿ for examiners). Give herft brfgf details of any items that the examiner wishes to dlsclose. IER October 2018