## **Trustee reports at AGM on 9th October 2023** ## **Chairperson’s Report** 2022 to 2023 has actually been our first full year of opening since Covid, as we reopened in June 2021. The group continues to be busy and doing well, with a waiting list. Thank you to Cheryl, the staff, and volunteers old and new for all their hard work which makes the group such a success and which we know our families value. Financially we are in a healthier position than last year but finances are always tight and we are grateful for our donors and to those who have fundraised for us to enable us to keep going in this our I think 32[nd] year, I’d like to thank all the trustees for their support and commitment. We have met regularly. Policies were updated and reviewed. We made the decision to withdraw from Ofsted as our current shorter hours since Covid were not matching Ofsted guidelines. Safeguarding is always a priority for us. This year we have had issues of concerns raised to us, not relating to issues in group, and they were handled appropriately. Staffing is always tight. Last year we welcomed a new staff member, Amy, and we are pleased that Lisa is back doing more hours. We have arranged more cover for Cheryl on Monday morning to free her up for admin and trustee’s meetings. Thank you again to everyone who has enabled us to have another successful year and we look forward to the next one. ## **Treasurer’s Report** Our financial year up to March 2023 shows a surplus of £4472. I would like to thank Activities Unlimited for their continued support and all our donors – individuals, clubs and companies. We would not exist without them! These are all listed in your accounts packs. I must also thank Helen Offord for raising funds for us by running the Brighton Marathon. We have been able to do some fundraising this year and are very grateful to everyone who contributed in any way. Thankyou to Anna Hughes for examining our accounts again this year. She has indicated that she is happy to do so again next year. ## **IPSWICH OPPORTUNITY GROUP** Voluntary Donations for the year ended 31 March 2023 |Anne Green
D King
Marie Poselippi
G Andrews
S & A Woolley
J Suckling
G Hunt
D Markham
CAF
Amazon Smile|30.00
20.00
45.00
25.00
50.00
5.00
20.00
500.00
110.00
74.84| |---|---| ||879.84| ## **IPSWICH OPPORTUNITY GROUP** Petty Cash Account for the year ended 31 March 2023 Opening Balance Cash in |Expenditure|| |---|---| |Snacks|87.41| |Cleaning|59.57| |Equipment|36.86| |Stationery|56.75| |Activities|59.67| |PPE|7.98| Balance carried forward 31 March 2023 3.88 350.00 353.88 308.24 45.64 ## IPSWICH OPPORTUNITY GROUP Analysis of Miscellaneous Expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2023 |Stationery Postage and Ink
PPE
Snacks and Cleaning
Activities and Crafts
Christmas Gifts
Job Advertisement
Snacks and Activities
Miscellaneous|**2021/22**
85.26
104.63
91.65
14.04
14.61
75.00
385.19
74.51
310.68
385.19|**2022/23**
155.23
7.98
146.98
59.67
0.00
0.00| |---|---|---| |||369.86| |||147.08
222.78| |||369.86| ## **IPSWICH OPPORTUNITY GROUP** Statement of Receipts and Payments for the year ended 31 March 2023 |_Income_
Grants
Sufolk County Council
Ipswich Borough Council Sufolk Community Restart Fund
HMRC JRS Scheme
Donations
Mid Sufolk HOPS
Archant Community Tokens
Ganzoni Charitable Trust
R S Brownless Charitable Trust
Varrier Jones Foundation Grant
Masonic Charitable MCF
Mazars Charitable Trust
Give As You Live
Wonderful
Donations in memory of Paul Quantrill
Ipswich Golf Club
Capel Cheetahs - Run
Other Donations
Donations for Safeguarding Training
Fundraising
Tomato Plant Sales
Brook Inn Cofee Mornings
Sale of Christmas Cards
ITFC Collection
Craft Stall
Christmas Concert
The Fundraising Company Ltd
Voluntary Attendance Fees
Other Income
First Aid Training Discount
Gift Aid
Bank Interest
Excess of Income over Expenditure
Val Howe
Hon. Treasurer|**2022/23**
9000.00
2000.00
200.00
5000.00
4000.00
1000.00
147.67
225.00
260.00
1725.00
879.84
120.00
80.00
169.90
93.29
281.33
206.50
327.15
1336.95
28.90
27081.53|**2021/22**
**2022/23**
Payments
People
4000.00
Salaries
16876.97
513.35
JRS Grant Overclaim
2192.58
Payroll Srevices
432.00
Training
481.58
DBS Checks
24.00
10000.00
174.56
Other direct costs of running the Groups
Hall Hire
1980.00
Taxi transport
655.20
Equipment
299.85
Music Therapy
750.00
Snacks and Activities
147.08
Administrative Costs
Telephone
40.00
1599.10
Insurance
518.54
50.00
Membership Fees SAFE
50.00
397.40
Ofsted
50.00
Miscellaneous
222.78
ICO Registration
35.00
Bank Charges
57.00
210.00
Costs of Fundraising
Concert Hall Hire
40.00
12.70
759.60
32.40
208.01
5.49
Total Costs
22603.00
4478.53
20212.19
27081.53
Anna Hughes ACA
Independent Examiner|**2021/22**
17031.12
229.35
515.00
361.50
52.00
1815.00
534.12
1499.52
74.51
40.00
503.70
50.00
50.00
310.68
35.00
5.40
23106.90
-2894.71| |---|---|---|---| ||||20212.19| ||||| Anna Hughes ACA Independent Examiner ## **IPSWICH OPPORTUNITY GROUP** Accumulated Surplus for the year ended 31 March 2023 Surplus brought forward from 31 March 2022 (Opening balances £15929.16 + £3.88 Plus Excess of Income over Expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2023 £ Represented by:- Co-operative Bank Account Investment in Britannia Building Society Saver Account Petty Cash £ 15933.04 4478.53 20411.57 14839.46 5526.47 45.64 20411.57 ## **IPSWICH OPPORTUNITY GROUP** Statement of Assets and Liabilities for the year ended 31 March 2023 ## CASH FUNDS Co-operative Bank Account Britannia Building Society Saver Account Petty Cash ## ASSETS Equipment Tables Chairs Various toys Safety mats Safety Gate Digital camera Storage boxes Parent library Mobile phone Easel Folding exercise mat Standing frame Musical instruments Therapy bench Bubble tube Light cube Support chair Books Door alarm Fan Laptop Laminator Shredder Projector Fibre optic lights UV torch KiddiSynk Mirrored Soft Play Den TOTAL £ 14839.46 5526.47 45.64 20411.57 20411.57 ## **IPSWICH OPPORTUNITY GROUP** Notes for Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 ## **Restricted Funds** ## **Fund** ## **Outstanding (spent this year)** Jessie's Fund 750.00 For Music Therapy Port Community Fund 420.98 For Transport and Training ## **IPSWICH OPPORTUNITY GROUP** ## Petty Cash Analysis |Date|Snack||Cleaning|Equip|Stationery|Activities|Gifts|PPE||TOTAL| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |4/2/2022||||||8.25||||8.25| |4/26/2022|||8.75|||||||8.75| |5/7/2022||||||11.85||||11.85| |5/9/2022|||||||||3.99|3.99| |5/9/2022||||||2.29||||2.29| |5/10/2022||||4.41||||||4.41| |5/10/2022|||4.00|12.00||||||16.00| |5/10/2022|||||7.50|||||7.50| |5/10/2022||||||1.50||||1.50| |5/10/2022||||4.00||||||4.00| |5/19/2022||||6.00||||||6.00| |5/26/2022|||2.99|||||||2.99| |6/5/2022||4.99||||||||4.99| |6/11/2022|||||2.00|||||2.00| |6/21/2022|||7.27||0.79||||3.99|12.05| |6/28/2022||2.50||||||||2.50| |7/14/2022||||||3.99||||3.99| |7/14/2022||1.19|5.47|||||||6.66| |7/19/2022|||||5.44|||||5.44| |8/8/2022||2.00|2.90|||||||4.90| |8/9/2022||2.74||||||||2.74| |8/13/2022||||||7.95||||7.95| |8/24/2022||3.25||||3.00||||6.25| Petty Cash Analysis |8/25/2022||1.99|||1.30|3.29| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |9/2/2022|2.88|||||2.88| |9/4/2022|||3.50|||3.50| |9/4/2022||1.65||||1.65| |9/15/2022|2.09|||||2.09| |9/16/2022||||5.00||5.00| |9/25/2022|3.45|||||3.45| |9/27/2022||1.99||1.49||3.48| |9/27/2022|||||2.00|2.00| |10/2/2022|2.38|||1.49||3.87| |10/6/2022|2.68|||4.75||7.43| |10/14/2022|2.50|||||2.50| |11/3/2022|1.80|||||1.80| |11/5/2022||||1.00||1.00| |11/8/2022|2.00|||||2.00| |11/17/2022|1.25|4.93||||6.18| |11/17/2022|3.60|||||3.60| |11/18/2022|||||6.25|6.25| |11/29/2022|||||4.00|4.00| |12/2/2022|2.35|||||2.35| |12/8/2022|||||2.50|2.50| |1/6/2023|8.93||||2.00|10.93| |1/11/2023|||6.95|||6.95| |1/17/2023||||10.00||10.00| |1/22/2023|4.10|||||4.10| |1/22/2023|4.82|||||4.82| |2/19/2023|3.35|||||3.35| |2/20/2023|0.90|2.75||||3.65| |2/22/2023|8.35|5.00||||13.35| |3/7/2023|5.55|2.90||||8.45| |3/8/2023||||7.65||7.65| |3/12/2023|2.51|||4.20||6.71| Petty Cash Analysis |3/22/2023|5.25||||1.50|||6.75| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |3/25/2023||6.98|||1.29|||8.27| |3/26/2023||||5.44||||5.44| |Total|87.41|59.57|36.86|56.75|59.67|0.00|7.98|308.24| Petty Cash Analysis Inde¥*ndentexamlnerf5 report to thetry#ees ofThe Ipswlch Oppothnity Group I report to the trustees on my exarn4nation of the accoursts of the Ipswich Opportunltv Group for the year endÈd 31 Mar£h 2023. Re5portsibilitiesand basls ol report The trustees of the Ipswith Opportunity Group are re5PDnsible forthe preparation of the accounts in accoidancewith the requirernents of the Charities Aci 20111.ihe ACVI. The trustee5 consider that an audit is not required for thi5 year under section 144121 of the Att and that an independent examination is needed. I report in respett of my examtnation accounts. tairied out under Section 145 ofthe 2011 A£t and in carrying out rny exarnination I have foflowed all the appltcable Directions givefi by the Charity Commisslon under section 14515llbl of the Act. Independent wmlnerfs ststement I have Completed my examination. I confirm that no materi31 matters have come to tny attention in connettion with the examinatlon Eivin8 me cause to believe that in any material respect.. Accountin8 record5 W2TE not kept as required by Section 130of the Art: or The atcounts do not accord with those records.. or The accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements COn￿rnIng the form aTrd coptent of atttsunts set out in the Charities IAccount5 and Reportsl Regulations 2008. otherthan any requifefnent that the accounts give a'true and fatrview which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concern5 arid have come across no other mallers in connertioll with the exam¢nation, to which in my opinion attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Anna s. ACA Broo* Farm, Days Road, Capel St Mary, Suffolk, IP9 2LB 21 Attgust 2023