Stepping Stones Childcare (Cornwall)

Analysis

Stepping Stones Childcare (Cornwall) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St. Austell. It was registered in October 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Stepping Stones Childcare (Cornwall) reported income of £502k and spending of £475k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £314k to £502k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Childcare (Cornwall) sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ebrahim Community College (£502k), Association for Mathematics in Education (£505k) and Pinhas Rutenberg Educational Trust (£501k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. It employed 29 people.