STEPPING STONE PRE-SCHOOL KNEBWORTH

Registered charity 1028293 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STEPPING STONE PRE SCHOOL, STEPPING STONE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

A rural Pre-school and nursery providing Early Years Foundation Stage Education for children 2 1/2 years to school age who live in Knebworth Parish and the surrounding area. Our income from the LEA is topped up by the payment of fees for those children not in receipt of LEA funding and the overall shortfall in funding is supplemented by fundraising events organised by the Management Committee.

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Latest income

£144k

Latest spending

£122k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £21,568 for the year ending 31 March 2025, driven by increased funding rates and student numbers. Per the trustees' report, the primary source of income is government funding, followed by parent fees and fundraising. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £22,487 at the end of the period.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Daniel Di-Lieto
Korede Adesanoye
MOIRA AUSTIN
Samuel Cotton

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£144k	£122k
31/03/2024	£114k	£124k
31/03/2023	£109k	£110k
31/03/2022	£96k	£99k
31/03/2021	£96k	£100k

Common questions

Is STEPPING STONE PRE-SCHOOL KNEBWORTH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £21,568 for the year ending 31 March 2025, driven by increased funding rates and student numbers. Per the trustees' report, the primary source of income is government funding, followed by parent fees and fundraising. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £22,487 at the end of the period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/09/2004	£9k	Provision of additional activities within the pre-school

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL (HARROW).

STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL (HARROW) income £131k
KNEBWORTH HOUSE EDUCATION AND PRESERVATION TRUST income £309k
Lewknor Preschool income £101k
BROADMAYNE AND WEST KNIGHTON PRE-SCHOOL income £110k
STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP income £190k
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES income £158k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STEPPING STONE PRE-SCHOOL KNEBWORTH	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL (HARROW) FY2024	£131k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KNEBWORTH HOUSE EDUCATION AND PRESERVATION TRUST FY2025	£309k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Lewknor Preschool FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BROADMAYNE AND WEST KNIGHTON PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£110k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP FY2025	£190k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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