STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1026316 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pre-School ,Open term times only.Friendly staff. New extension. Great outside space. Work in partnership with William Barnes Primary School doing sessions there in the term prior to starting school. Accept Funding from age 2 years.

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Latest income

£190k

Latest spending

£153k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased from £90,933 to £128,219, driven by a net income of £37,286 against charitable expenditure of £152,824. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £128,219 and has no disclosed reserves policy target. Cash at bank stands at £113,645, providing significant liquidity against current liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Ivanka Stefkova Kuspovachair
Emma Chatfield
Sophie Chatfield

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£190k	£153k
31/08/2024	£142k	£126k
31/08/2023	£121k	£134k
31/08/2022	£119k	£133k
31/08/2021	£129k	£113k

Common questions

Is STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased from £90,933 to £128,219, driven by a net income of £37,286 against charitable expenditure of £152,824. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £128,219 and has no disclosed reserves policy target. Cash at bank stands at £113,645, providing significant liquidity against current liabilities.

Charities like this

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

STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP (WELLS) income £125k
STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP income £148k
STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL (HARROW) income £131k
PARKSTONE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £123k
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH PLAYGROUP income £150k
ST MATTHEW'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £127k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP	£190k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP (WELLS) FY2025	£125k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP FY2025	£148k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL (HARROW) FY2024	£131k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PARKSTONE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£123k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH PLAYGROUP FY2024	£150k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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