Stepping Stones Playgroup

Analysis

Stepping Stones Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in March 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Stepping Stones Playgroup reported income of £148k and spending of £137k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £79k to £148k (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Stepping Stones Playgroup sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cylch Meithrin Glanrafon (£148k), Marden High School Fund (£148k) and Broughton Under Fives Association (£147k).