Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 9

No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 8

STEPPING STONES PLAY AND LEARN GROUP (COLCHESTER)

We are a parent led group offering a continuity of care for children age 0 - 11yrs who have additional needs. We also offer respite and support to parents and siblings. The group offers care in a tots group, an integrated nursery and after school clubs for children with challenging needs, respite through school holidays, signposting and links with other parents.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£228	£253	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/22		£230	£251	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/21		£277	£221	£56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/20		£246	£226	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/19		£202	£231	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/18		£219	£228	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£232	£216	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£262	£243	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£253	£256	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£266	£262	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£246	£256	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£221	£256	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£290	£247	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£217	£229	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£207	£220	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£204	£194	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£222	£176	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06?	*	£197	£194	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£213	£207	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 30 years

www.steppingstonesplayandlearn.org

info@steppingstonesplayandlearn.org

01206860467

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Child day-care services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Essex Community Foundation	£55,352
The Foyle Foundation	£30,000
BBC Children in Need	£28,528
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
DCMS	£10,000
True Colours Trust	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£30,000	10/07/2023	specifically for additional core costs associated with supporting SEND children at the nursery over the next 12 months
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Stepping Stones Play & Learn Group (Colchester)
£7,500	23/02/2023	to contribute towards providing key workers to support children with complex additional needs and children from disadvantaged backgrounds at an integrated nursery in Colchester
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Stepping Stones Play & Learn Group (Colchester)
£5,000	04/08/2022	for the salary of a one-to-one key worker to support young children with complex additional needs and those from disadvantaged backgrounds at nursery, tots, parent support and holiday club services ....more for the salary of a one-to-one key worker to support young children with complex additional needs and those from disadvantaged backgrounds at nursery, tots, parent support and holiday club services in Colchester
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Stepping Stones Play & Learn Group (Colchester)
£5,000	19/04/2022	for the salary of a key worker supporting children with complex additional needs on a one-to-one basis, at a nursery in Colchester
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Stepping Stones Play & Learn Group (Colchester)
£8,500	16/12/2021	to contribute towards providing key workers to support children with complex additional needs and children from disadvantaged backgrounds at a Colchester integrated nursery
True Colours Trust - Towards repairing an accessible climbing frame and slide
£3,000	09/11/2021	Towards repairing an accessible climbing frame and slide.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Stepping Stones Play and Learn Group
£28,528	30/07/2021	This project will deliver key worker support to children with complex additional needs in their Colchester based nursery. The activities will improve their life skills, mental health and confidence.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Stepping Stones Play & Learn Group
£9,352	18/03/2021	for the salary of a key worker to support early years children with complex additional needs in Colchester
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	13/11/2020	Core costs during Covid 19 to retain staff and sustain our services for vulnerable children.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Stepping Stones Play & Learn Group
£15,000	27/08/2020	To help a nursery providing care for children with additional needs reopen and continue with online and telephone support to their families during COVID19
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	15/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Essex Community Foundation - 1-2-1 Key Worker to support Children with Complex Additional Needs
£5,000	07/01/2020 12	Towards the salary of a one to one Key worker supporting children with complex additional needs at a play and learn group in Colchester
Essex Community Foundation - Salary of 1 Key Worker to work in our term-time nursery with disabled children to enable their social, communication and cognitive development within the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) alongside their mainstream peers
£9,650	13/09/2018 11	Towards the salary of a Key Worker supporting disabled children at a nursery in Colchester to enable their cognitive development alongside their mainstream peers

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How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

JADE LACEY STEPHENS Appointed: 2014

PAULINA RANGEL CEDENO Appointed: 2019

CAROL NICE (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: STEPPING STONES PLAY AND LEARN GROUP (COLCHESTER),

DONNA ELAINE MCWILLIAMS Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeship: STEPPING STONES PLAY AND LEARN GROUP (COLCHESTER),

ELIZABETH ANNE TAVERNER Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeship: STEPPING STONES PLAY AND LEARN GROUP (COLCHESTER),

JOANNE LAURA KING Appointed: 2006, Other trusteeship: STEPPING STONES PLAY AND LEARN GROUP (COLCHESTER),

JOHN MARK HALES Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: STEPPING STONES PLAY AND LEARN GROUP (COLCHESTER),

JULIE MAYLE Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: STEPPING STONES PLAY AND LEARN GROUP (COLCHESTER),

KATY LOUISE COBB Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: STEPPING STONES PLAY AND LEARN GROUP (COLCHESTER),

NICOLA DON Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: STEPPING STONES PLAY AND LEARN GROUP (COLCHESTER),

PAUL HANDLEY Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeship: STEPPING STONES PLAY AND LEARN GROUP (COLCHESTER),

SUSAN JANE TOWNSEND Appointed: 2010, Other trusteeship: STEPPING STONES PLAY AND LEARN GROUP (COLCHESTER),

SEAN PLUMMER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Freelance, Other trusteeship: COLCHESTER MERCURY THEATRE LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/02/1994, number: 1033539

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves 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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR14: 1 days late, AR08: 40 days late, AR07: 183 days late, AR06: 554 days late, AR04: 51 days late,

Main office

WILSON MARRIAGE CENTRE
BARRACK STREET
COLCHESTER
ESSEX
CO1 2LR

Objectives

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE, COLCHESTER

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