STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL(ALDBOROUGH)

Registered charity 1077895 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide nursery day care for pre-school aged children.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE IN ALBY AND SURROUNDING VILLAGES.A) PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY, IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART.B) ENCOURAGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN.

Area of benefit: ALBY AND SURROUNDING VILLAGES.

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 achieved a net surplus of £6,320 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £35,406. The trustees report that the trust's affairs are satisfactory and finances remain secure, despite a significant fall in fee income due to reduced local birth rates and increased competition. The charity relies on subsidies from Norfolk County Council and unpaid services from local individuals to maintain operations.

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
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tina Gibbonschair
• Alice Poynton
• Christian Fowler
• Ruth Buxton
• Sophie Sellwood
• Tina Casburn · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Norfolk

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Government & lottery funding

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