New Stepping Stones Playgroup

Analysis

New Stepping Stones Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Alder Road. It was registered in September 2020, 6 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 advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, New Stepping Stones Playgroup reported income of £223k and spending of £205k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £49k to £223k (+350%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 320%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, New Stepping Stones Playgroup sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The W H Smith Group Charitable Trust (£223k), Twin Oaks Pre-School (£223k) and Little Gems Pre-School, Luton (£223k).