STEPPING STONES OF CHESTER

Registered charity 1070081 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL

THE CHARITY IS A COMMUNITY RUN ORGANISATION PROVIDING CARE AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AGED FROM 2-4 YEARS. WE PROVIDE ACTIVITIES TO MEET THE NEEDS AND STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CHILDREN. THE ACTIVITIES ARE OUTDOORS AND INDOORS AND THE CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THESE ON A DAILY BASIS, THE ACTIVITIES PROVIDED ARE ADULT AND CHILD INITIATED.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR 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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,902 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £31,751 to £27,849. Unrestricted reserves stood at £12,209, while the charity held cash of £31,936. The trustees confirmed that resources were adequate and no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Linda Jones
• Sophie Thompson

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL, LITTLEPORT income £221k
• STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP income £148k
• STEPPING STONES PRE SCHOOL (READING) income £309k
• STEPPING STONES NORTH WALES income £463k
• STEPPING STONES LEARNING AND LEISURE income £80k
• STEPPING STONES NURSERY AND PRE-SCHOOL (CLAVERDON) CIO income £191k

Side by side with its peers

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