MILLOM STEPPING STONES

Registered charity 1125005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDES FULL DAY CARE AND NURSERY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN FROM 3 MONTHS OLD TO 8 YEARS OLD

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT ANDEDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TOUNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPSAND BY:-3.1 OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE .FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES,TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOMEINVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFEROPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS ORABILITY;3.2 ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES ANDPROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS;3.3 INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOLLEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Latest income
£473k
Latest spending
£447k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £247,581, resulting in a net income surplus of £25,726 for the year. The trustees report that while wage costs have risen due to National Living Wage changes, the charity has managed to keep expenditure to a minimum and maintain high attendance numbers.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The charity works with Millom Infants, Parkview Nursery and Millom Childrens Centre.
“The charity works with Millom Infants, Parkview Nursery and Millom Childrens Centre.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£473k£447k
31/07/2024£406k£398k
31/07/2023£347k£348k
31/07/2022£274k£323k
31/07/2021£266k£292k

Common questions

Is MILLOM STEPPING STONES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £247,581, resulting in a net income surplus of £25,726 for the year. The trustees report that while wage costs have risen due to National Living Wage changes, the charity has managed to keep expenditure to a minimum and maintain high attendance numbers. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/05/2016£10kMillom Stepping Stones outside play area
The National Lottery Community Fund25/08/2006£9kMillom Stepping Stones Equipment and Toys