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.

Objects

The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:(a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;(b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;(c) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

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 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.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

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

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Government & lottery funding

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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
• STEPPING STONES NURSERY AND PRE-SCHOOL (CLAVERDON) CIO income £191k
• Lewknor Preschool income £101k
• BROADMAYNE AND WEST KNIGHTON PRE-SCHOOL income £110k
• STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL, LITTLEPORT income £221k

Side by side with its peers

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