THE STEP UP PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1195100 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pre-school providing care and education

Objects

THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL ARE 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: 3.1 OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES, FAMILY LEARNING AND EXTENDED HOURS GROUPS, 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 WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY; 3.2 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; 3.3 INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO THE STATUTORY FRAMEWORK FOR THE EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE EARLY YEARS ALLIANCE.

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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Registered contact address: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£145k
Latest spending
£129k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £33,111, exceeding the policy target of three months' expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £16,483 and the trustees consider the financial performance to have been good.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: ERYC Funded Childcare (55% of income)
“ERYC Funded Childcare 80,001” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £33k)
“The Reserves Policy is to maintain sufficient level of reserves to enable normal operating activities to continue over a period of up to 3 months should a shortfall in income occur”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Government income: £4,504 — grants £4,504 (3); 3% of the £145,375 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Government income: £68,686 — contracts £68,686 (1); 62% of the £111,581 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Government income: £81,111 — contracts £81,111 (1); 58% of the £140,847 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 09/03/2023, 37 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£145k£129k
31/03/2024£112k£117k
31/03/2023£141k£141k
31/03/2022£11k£13k

Common questions

Is THE STEP UP PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £33,111, exceeding the policy target of three months' expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £16,483 and the trustees consider the financial performance to have been good. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE STEP UP PRE-SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE STEP UP PRE-SCHOOL as a grant recipient include THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHAPEL STREET PRE SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE STEP UP PRE-SCHOOL£145k—0above—no doubt
CHAPEL STREET PRE SCHOOL FY2025£202k—0above—no doubt
OUR LADY'S FIRST STEPS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£817k—0above—no doubt
STARLINGS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£374k—0unclear—no doubt
STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL, LITTLEPORT FY2025£221k—0above—no doubt
PEACHCROFT PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£206k—0unclear—no doubt

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