STEPPING STONES OF SOPLEY

Registered charity 1077865 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pre school

Objects

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 FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, 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 REGARDLESS OF RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION OR MEANS(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 AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE SOPLEY

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 maintains a general reserve fund equating to approximately five months of expenditure to ensure financial viability. The trustees report that staff retention and morale have improved since Easter 2024, and the charity continues to work with local schools to prepare children for their next educational steps. No material uncertainties or deficits were disclosed in the filing.

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 5 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amelia Scott-Mackie
• Charlotte Burns
• Nicola Andrews

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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
• WETLEY ROCKS PRE-SCHOOL income £105k
• STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP (WELLS) income £125k
• STEPPING STONES NURSERY AND PRE-SCHOOL (CLAVERDON) CIO income £191k
• STEPPING STONES PRE SCHOOL (READING) income £309k
• STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL (HARROW) income £131k

Side by side with its peers

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