STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP (WELLS)

Registered charity 1022365 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST THOMAS PLAYGROUP WELLS

Pre school playgroup

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity strengthened its financial position with an excess of receipts over payments of £28,806 for the year ended 31 August 2025. Free reserves are represented by a total balance of £73,910, held across current and deposit accounts. The trustees note that the sustainability of the current premises is short-term without substantial expenditure, and discussions with the landlord are underway regarding a potential new building.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Big Step (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Derek Loganchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Adele Andersson
• Candice Blackman
• Carly Thompson
• Caroline Teakle · trustee of 1 other charity
• Charles Ford
• Jennie Walmsley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rosie Phillips · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Barkle

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP.

• NEW STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP income £223k
• STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP income £148k
• STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP income £190k
• STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL, LITTLEPORT income £221k
• STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL (HARROW) income £131k
• STEPPING STONES OF SOPLEY income £216k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.