## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date 

Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 06 04 2023 **To** 05 04 2024 

|Section A                        Reference and administration details|Section A                        Reference and administration details|Section A                        Reference and administration details|Section A                        Reference and administration details|Section A                        Reference and administration details|
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|||**Charity name**|Shrewsbury Opportunity Group||
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||**Other names charity is known by**||Opportunity Pre-school||
||**Registered charity number (if any)** 1027151<br>**Charity's principal address** off Primrose Drive<br>Shrewsbury<br>Shropshire<br>**Postcode**<br>SY3 7TP<br>**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**<br>**Trustee name**<br>**Office (if any)**<br>**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**<br>**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**<br>~~_==~~||||
|1|Chantal Worsdell|Chairperson|||
|2|Anne Wardrobe|Treasurer|||
|3|Juliette Freeman||||
|4|Maxine Smith||||
|5|Jessicah Kendrick||||
|6|Alison Taylor||||
|7|Sheena Louise Powell||05 February 2024||
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||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**||||
||**Name**||**Dates acted if not for whole year**||



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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of adviser**|**Name**|**Address**|
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||



## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

> Type of governing document PLA Model Pre-school Constitution 2008 (to Jan 2012) 

> (eg. trust deed, constitution) PLA Model Pre-school Constitution 2011 (from Feb 2012) 


How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Trustee selection methods 

- Elected by Members 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

To enhance the development and education of children under statutory age 

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**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 


**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 


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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

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**Section E                    Financial review Brief statement of the** Reserves are maintained to meet -: **charity’s policy on reserves**  Potential annual losses incurred due to falling school numbers  Cost of major alterations/development of school building/grounds  Potential redundancy payments (deposit account) **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ~~—~~ **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:  the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

 investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. **Section F                     Other optional information Section G                    Declaration** ~~_—__~~ **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s)** Anne Wardrobe **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc) Date** 2nd Feb 2025 

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**Charity Name No (if any) Shrewsbury Opportunity Group 1027151 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 4/6/2023 4/5/2024 

## **CC16a** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**to the nearest      £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||
|School Fees<br>**10,470**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**10,470**<br>**7,673**<br>LEA Funding<br>**89,854**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**89,854**<br>**89,015**<br>Fundraising<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,015**<br>Donations<br>**100**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**100**<br>**-**<br>Interest<br>**138**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**138**<br>**58**<br>Refund<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**390**<br>School Trips<br>**310**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**310**<br>**-**<br>Miscellaneous<br>**734**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**734**<br>**250**<br>HMRC Grants<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,425**<br>**101,606**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**101,606**<br>**99,826**<br>**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_<br>~~=====——~~|||||||||||
|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                              -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_                101,606**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**101,606**<br>**99,826**<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>~~—————~~|||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|Salaries<br>**82,615**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**82,615**<br>**81,331**<br>Educational Resources<br>**812**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**812**<br>**1,170**<br>Snacks/Miscellaneous<br>**2,299**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,299**<br>**2,216**<br>Insurance<br>**1,962**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,962**<br>**1,917**<br>Utilities<br>**3,339**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,339**<br>**4,082**<br>Building/Grounds/Fittings<br>**1,110**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,110**<br>**1,067**<br>Admin/Legal<br>**1,067**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,067**<br>**132**<br>Fundraising<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**470**<br>School Trips<br>**500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**500**<br>**-**<br>Training<br>**494**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**494**<br>**344**<br>**_Sub total_                     94,198**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**94,198**<br>**92,729**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>~~eS~~|||||||||||
|**_Total payments_ **||**94,198**||**-**||**-**||**94,198**||**92,729**|
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**7,408**||**-**||**-**||**7,408**||**7,097**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**86,568**||**-**||**-**||**86,568**||**-**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**93,976**||**-**||**-**||**93,976**||**7,097**|





## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**|**funds**||**funds**|
||||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|**35,104**<br>**50,915**<br>**7,956**<br>**86,568**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>~~—= ~~|||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> ~~==~~|||
||(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|(agree balances with receipts and payments|Agreement Error|OK||OK|
||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
||||**funds**|**funds**||**funds**|
||**Details**||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>~~=—===~~||||||
||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>~~—=——~~||||||
||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|4 Bay demountable classroom unit<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>PCs  x 2, Epson printer, Fax machine<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Furniture + specialist furniture<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Indoor/Outdoor play equipment/toys<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>~~qi~~||||||
||||**Fund to which**|**Amount due**||**When due**|
||**Details**||**liability relates**|**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Signature<br>Print Name<br>Anne Wardrobe<br>22nd Jul 2024<br>Date of<br>approval<br>~~min~~||||||





CHARITY
COMMISSION
Independent Examiner's
Report on the Accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the tru5tees/members of
Ihariiy Name
64Lth%i EQtLY 6PFL(tPPty 4oEL71
On accounts for the year ended
Charity no (rf any)
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and examiner
The thaiity's trustees are responsible for the prepafation of the account5. The charity's
trustees considei thot an audit is not required foi this year under section 144 of the
Charities Act 2011 (the Chartties Art) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to-
examine the accounts under se(tion 145 of the Choritie5 Act,
to follow the Pfocedure5 laid down in the general Dirertions given by the Charity
Commission (undei sertion 145(5)(b) of the Chaiities Act), and
lo state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examvnerfs
slalement
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the
Charity Commi55ion. An examination includes a review of the occounting iecords
kept by the £harity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.
It 0150 includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosure5 In the accounts, and
seeking explanation5 from the tiustees concerning any such matters. The procedures
undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and
consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true arFd fair,
view and the report Is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner's statement
In connertion with my examination, no matlef has come to my attention (othei than
that disclosed below-):
{1) which give5 me reasonable cause to believe thot in. any material respect, the
iequirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the
Chaiitie5 Act;
to piepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply
with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met,. or
(2) to which, in my opinion. attention should be diawn in older to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts to be reached.
° Pleose delete the woftls in the brockets rf they do not opply.
Signed
Date
Name
s.11,
Relevant professional qualification(s)
or body (if any)
LA
Address
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Section B
Disclosuie
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material pioblems
Give here brief details of any items that the
examiner wishes to disclose
IER
March 2012