ST PAULS SECOND STEPS PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1028204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST PAULS PLAYGROUP

We provide pre school education for children aged 2 years old to school age.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THIER 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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Registered contact address: Torbay, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£110k
Latest spending
£75k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a profit of £34,285 for the year ended 02 April 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £62,403. The trustees report that the charity is flourishing and believe it will continue to grow, although they note that current reserves are not yet sufficient to meet their stated policy target of covering six months of salaries and running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £62k; policy: six months of salaries and running costs)
“Currently this is not quite being achieved but we hope that within the next 12 months this objective will be achieved”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
02/04/2025£110k£75k
02/04/2024£80k£55k
02/04/2023£48k£74k
02/04/2022£52k£69k
02/04/2021£79k£63k

Common questions

Is ST PAULS SECOND STEPS PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a profit of £34,285 for the year ended 02 April 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £62,403. The trustees report that the charity is flourishing and believe it will continue to grow, although they note that current reserves are not yet sufficient to meet their stated policy target of covering six months of salaries and running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST PAULS SECOND STEPS PRE-SCHOOL£110k—0below—no doubt
ST PAUL'S PRESCHOOL FY2025£165k—0unclear—noted
LITTLE STEPS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£148k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£222kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
ST PETER AND ST PAUL PRE SCHOOL FY2025£152k—0unclear—no doubt
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£178k—0unclear—no doubt

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