STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1035183 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a community run playgroup registered to take 26 children.

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Latest income

£148k

Latest spending

£137k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £10,267, bringing unrestricted reserves to £89,404. However, the trustees report ongoing financial challenges due to funding pressures and rising operational costs, noting that fundraising remains essential for sustainability. The charity holds cash funds of £99,795 against total liabilities of £13,329.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Stepping Stones Playgroup (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher Westmorechair
Elizabeth Castle
kimberly griffiths

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£148k	£137k
31/08/2024	£117k	£105k
31/08/2023	£111k	£107k
31/08/2022	£95k	£92k
31/08/2021	£79k	£76k

Common questions

Is STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £10,267, bringing unrestricted reserves to £89,404. However, the trustees report ongoing financial challenges due to funding pressures and rising operational costs, noting that fundraising remains essential for sustainability. The charity holds cash funds of £99,795 against total liabilities of £13,329. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
FIRST STEPS COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP income £209k
STEPPING STONES PRE SCHOOL (READING) income £309k
STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP income £190k
STEPPING STONES OF CHESTER income £246k
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	£148k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP (WELLS) FY2025	£125k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FIRST STEPS COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025	£209k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STEPPING STONES PRE SCHOOL (READING) FY2025	£309k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP FY2025	£190k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STEPPING STONES OF CHESTER FY2024	£246k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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