Bedfordshire Opportunities for Learning Disabilities
Ltd
P4 company linifed by guaranlee)
Comgany registrat￿ nuxber. 4327714
Charty ￿gist￿tion number." 1091271
Annual Report and Financial Slalements
for the Year Ended 31 Oecember 2020
Bedfor(Lshire Opportunities for Learning Disabilities Ltd
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Bedfontshire Oppfyrtwnities for IArnillg Disabilities Ltd
Refer¢n¢e Administrntive Details
Registered & Prilltipxl OtrKe
106 Clapham Road
Bedford
Be4foTdshire
MX417JP
Charity Regi5tr#tion Number
1091271
Company Registration Nurnber
This charity is inWTPOrnted in Erbgland and Wale5 with regIStr￿10n number043277I4.
Executive Committee
Veroruca Scar8ill. Vice Chaiwn.
Alan Neaie. Vice Chairper50n
j￿Allne Middlditch, Secrctary
Janet Scott•
No￿a Hoyle
Keith Fo#eT'
Pefrr Hollick JP. LL.B. Barrister Fcoirr
Appointed If004f2020
Peter Wilson
D8vid caV•na8￿ Tr¢A9￿c
Joy CavanaEh
Angela Barker.
Jane Reddy.
G￿1 Carr
G&ynor Mil¢s
ApFQtnted 16104r2020 Resi￿￿ 20107r202J
Resi￿ed 1510512020
ReSig￿d 1510512020
R¢signed 21101Q020
Resigned 1510512020
R￿gned 2110212020
R¢sign¢d 2WO512020
parenl of a ￿T9)n with a le4rnin8 disability
Sttretsry
JfrAnne Mddleditrh
CEO (Person wlth signif￿nt Control)
Sharon Hart
Independent Ex•mintr & Accountsnts
Dcnnis O'Higgin5 {lDdynd¢ni ExatJJin¢r)
DT Associa￿ LLP Va Flo¢k Choxity Affountsnts
27 Old Gloucester Street
Lond
WCIN 3AX
B*nktn
CatBartk Ltsi
Kings Hill
Wtst Malling
K¢nt
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Bedford$hir¢ OpportUDities for Learning Disabilities Ltd
Report of tbe Executive Committee for th¢ Year Ended 31 December 2020
The trustees, who ar¢ dire¢tors for the purpose5 of company law, pr¢wt ttp)rt for the year ended 31 DecembcT 2020.
in compliance with 5414C of the CompApies Act 2￿6.
IntroduttioA
In accordanw with Govtmmtnt Guidancc the Charity was £105¢d from 23rd Matth 2020 4nd Teopened on 28th SWemb¢r
2020. Jn adhtTing to GoverJJtTreDt and LxKal Atsthoriry and He8]th Protection inslruaion there i$ #Th ongoirtg impart on our
prov15ion and th¢ ran8e of exFrie￿¢S and 50ci81 actiViii¢5 that 3TE avail8ble (o peopl¥.
Set oul jrt the following page5 is an overyiew of o)Ntt¢rs ¢msidued ty the Board of Dtrtttors for the Y￿ ¢ndd 31
December 2020. This rep)rt detsils some further Conside￿i0￿5 Ltl the sinec 23id Marrh 2020 to identify how the
interests of the Charity and our ben¢ficiarbe5 have b¢¢n addressa nj Board dtseussions and decision5 taken. These have b¢¢n
m•de in cooperation with Regtslxti0rt5 arising from the Glo￿1 Papd￿1¢ arNJ Govryn￿KnI lrnp0s￿
Gov¢nJingDo¢umtttt
Bedford5hire OpFOrtunitics for Larning Oiybilrtits fthe dwity'l rs a charitablc compaTry lirnitcd by gu8rnntr£,
incortK>rat¢d on 23rd November 2LKII and regisweo 85 a (harny on 21st TrAaTth 2(KJ2. The comp2ny was tstabli5hed under a
M¢moT&ndunJ of A$s(KtatiO￿ whidj out the objects and p)wers of the company and i5 8ovcnJed undcr its AEtitles of
Association. In the ¢vent of the ¢omwy being wound m¢mbtt5 art required to contributt an amount not cxcttding £1.
Retruitment aDd Appointme•t of Exetylive Co•MItt
Th¢ dtrertots of the comwy are 8150 charity trJ2stre5 for the purposes of tharbty l•w a]hJ under the Company's Articles are
8s m¢mb¢rs of the EK¢eubve Committee. Under the requirernents of the Memornndwn and Arti¢le5 of Associ￿l0J)
the Mem1￿ of the Executive Cofflrnirtee are elcctcd to 5¢ryc on an xnnual basi* may offer themselves for re-election at
each Anftua] Generdl Mtttirtg.
As the ¢haTity'5 work f(btV5¢5 on supwrting people with le8MinE dis8bilitie& the Exetsjtive Committee Seeks th ensure th&t
the partirulgr needs of thi$ group of wple are eaiered for in the composition of the tnw brvjy. Many of the ￿J5t¢C5 xrc
th¢m5¢1v¢s FAT¢nts of a r<T%)n with a leArnin8 disability 8nd some are t￿stee5 on other local Charities supportin8 peoplt
with l¢prning disabilities Other I￿Sir￿sS 5ki115 we w¢ll T¢pres￿led on th¢ E￿￿tive ComDJit*¢ and efforts will be made to
ensure that this is always the c&se. UJ)forrunately. our efforts w rtcnjii to the F*)5iiion of C14iwpuson and Treasur¢r have
been unsuc£¢5sfvI.
Trllstee Imdurtion and Tr*i•i•g
New IDJs￿eS ate given a copy of the latest report and accoun￿ ¥4 copy of th¢ Mernorandum and Articlcs of As50Ci8tion. and
spend some lime with thc CEO #nd sthff memlxr5. b) 2020 tollated Policies and procedures In￿ an
Exposiuon. a documeni underpinned by research and infOnn￿l￿n from th¢ NCVO (The N￿10￿￿[ Council for Volunt•ry
Organisauons) io Structh an u[￿¢[￿a￿dIng of BOLD ond con¥ty up.￿￿atr inforni*ion and guidance.
Risk M•nx8tment
The Executive Committce ¢onductcd a review of th¢ major risks to which the thtrity is exp)std and has crtAted a risk
register which is regularly reviewed. Where appnpriatE or fea5ibl4 procedures have bceD W in plac¢ to tniiigat¢ these
risk& Th¢ Gharitys activitL¢S ¢XFrt152 Lt to a numb¢r of fithanti8J risks in¢ludin8 crtdit risK flow Tisk and liquidity risk.
Proper procedwes att itt place irt rrspe¢t of fmancial a¥thoTi5ations and to cnglle compliance with H￿th and Safety
[[￿terS Th¢ Charity ha5 robust PToceduT¢5 in plac¢ for safe8UatduJ& ]xople v•ho are vulnernbl¢. Ke¢pin8 people Safe has a
on80ing heightened foc¥5 in Order to meei Govcrnmeni l¢gi51&tion 8UKlJnc¢ lo protea wple from Covid 19. Emph&si5
on e5)suring the vi8bility omd fi]ture of the ch&ity bls beai a fl)￿ ￿)in£

OryanisAtionHI Structure
Th¢ ¢h8rity h&$ an Exxutiv¢ Comtmittee of w) to 14 mem1￿ who rn¢d re8lliarly and r¢5Fvnsible for the 5trntegi¢
dirtaion attd ￿lleY of th¢ ¢hottty. Day to day reS￿￿ibljtty for th¢ provisiort of stsNi¢e5 has b¢¢J) d¢l¢g8ted to the CEO
who is rtsponsiblc for enMrinB that the rharity d¢liver5 thc apptopriate wvIC￿ From Aptil 2020 the Committee have m¢t
by video confcrcncing or ID pcrsiml outd￿15. A numbrr of additional committcc m¢ttin85 were held and working groups
w¢r¢ ¢onv¢rtd kn consider specifLC arw of fnL*S resFx)rtsibiliti¢
Relgted Parties
Th¢ ¢I￿rIty Stsrt¢d its operations &$ part of the servi¢¢s of Bttfford Mcn¢ap before being %porkn] off. A Close relationship
¢xists with B￿f0rd Mertcap ￿ the ¥Kncfit of peoplt with Itarning disfbilities in the local art
Opergtion*l Restrictions 2020
In 8t¢ordance with Gov¢rnment Guidance the ch￿lty w&% closed fr(pm 23rd March 2020 ]Yopen¢d ot) 28th September
2020. In adhering to G0ven￿¢￿t and Lo￿1 Authority Health Protrcrion insrnjdion there w&% an ongoing impact on our
prov15ion and th¢ rdnge of rxp¢rien¢es and ￿1￿1 Jdiviti¢s thai wu¢ 3vailabl¢ w people. Government rna2nlwn
restrictions that impattcd on peopl¢ livin8 in supwjrted cart s¢(tings that tffeventrd th¢ atttndance of som¢ p￿pIt and
fijrther Lockdown w&5 irnposcd ID November.
Objettives An41 ActivSti¢s
All our activitirs were afftcted by the wdmi¢. The objects of the ¢harity 8rt the relief of p¢opl¢ with learning digbiliti¢4
nd to provide or wist in the PTOVi5ion of fxilities for the recreation or other leisure time occupation for people with
learning disabil¢ties. Work was ongoing to ￿l¢ve th¢* obje¢iivcs wh￿￿tr li was perniissibl& In gMer81 BOLD 5Lwght to
PTovid¢ pres¢tN¢ th¢ p)tential to delivu:
fwr woth txpcrien¢e PTOj#LS'. A Diff¢fent BTeW Caf4 Wowkshop, Farm wtd Gardening
training in indcpetthnt living skills and rT.
offer a of re¢r¢ational fa¢iliti¢> The adi¥ity holid&ys #nd ￿131 clubs which were suspendol for the
duration of the lockdown did not resume until summer 2021.
We havE follow￿ the guidaJK¢ c4)nttined in the Charity Commission's Berthl guidance on pjblic benefii when reviewing
our aims and objectives and ID plwjning our activitie5 we review￿ our Poli¢y And rng¢m¢nts for ¥oluni¢¢riii& 10
support arTaDg¢tn¢nts in plac¢ to thable *ldition41 wiai activLU¢s to be organised.
How our A¢tiYitie5 deliver publi¢ bellefit
AII OUT charitable activitits focus on working with rwle with learning disabiliiie5 providing them with tk tools they need
to encourage involvetrKnt within th¢ ¢ommunity by providing lifr skills and working OPW>Tttthities. Social Isolatiot) is
rninimised for the pcople we support. Our athiyitiC5 ajso ttD¢fii fomilie5 by offeriThg Tespitc. COVID19 changed cv¢rythin8
for everyone atKI disprotrf)rtionatcly tryjpactrd on the lived exp¢rieD¢¢ of w>ple with L*ning Disabilities kd
inc¥￿ed so¢iaJ 2solaliot4 Fx)orer menta] health and seneral health oui¢omes and experience5 and the 105s ofiive5.
We plannd to stsrt work on our nEW extension which would offer a wider community bertefit however duc to the economic
u[￿r&Inty SUSPts)d¢d the activity r*cessary to do so.
Acbieverne•ts @Nd Perform*ntt
We have not pmgressed planned howEver it 15 8 Si￿]ficant achiev¢Tt*nt that servi¢e5 WCTe preserved and able to resume
at the e8rlie5t opportunity each time ￿trICtIonS wcre l¢ssth*t
We know what we woni to &chieve 8nd have adap*d IK>w we rnea w objeaive5 in IiDe with he4]th PTOtedion guidanc¢ othd
people have reDJrned with tru51 and ¢onfJdence in th¢ arn8em¢nts ¢0 k¢¢p everyon¢ 59fc. BOLD is totally ¢otnmitted
support p¢opl¢ with l¢¥rning disabilities ènd to 3SSiSt and encout8ge them to realist their ￿tential. In particular. thc charity
Slriv¢s to help proj¢d members acquire ind¢pertdent living skills through a]1 thc Servic￿ w¢ offcr.
Thc work ￿P¢￿enCe part of thc ¢hariW5 a¢tivities has changed and wher¢ it th)t be￿ p)ssibbc to e&ttblish new or
continue our Garden￿8 contracts the ¢xperienc¢ ha5 been offcrtd through the Work done in deveJopiDg a Nursery for pl•nts
and produce. This provides a widc range of gardening &nd hortrcultsJrnF eKwren¢¢s ortd skrlls 8JXt wrll l& io tim¢ kn sales
of plants and prtrJuc¢ and pre5cryes grown and by ￿pIe offered for s8]¢ by BOLD to tske a￿Y or consume
in the Tea R￿rn.
The Tea R￿Tll 15 a 21121 venture Is the potential to opera* th¢ Café has impact&1 ot) by the restriction& and ihc
op4ning of Charles Wells BrewtKTriot Tapwom and Café nearby. The Tea rwm and craft shop continue ￿ offer p¢opl¢ th¢
oppojwnity ￿ develop skills in ho¥itslity and customer s¢ryi¢
Training
Thc traitLing and indepEndent living programmes offer ￿MpUtt￿8 skill¥ lift skills social skill4 and these wornes
¢ontinu4 brin8ing 5i8nificani benefits to the pcople pajticipating in them. During 2020 we ¢ontinua to focus on ptssonaj
dcvcloprnent and pcrsonaj *pptar8ftce and hygierte and 5afay an emph&8i5 011 re4ucinE the risk of contracting COVID.
We could not move tsur *LP￿rt on line however stsff kepi in wuch with r*ople m05r i50]￿ed by the pondemic.

We frxus ijn phyy¢at fitne55 en(tyryin8 membtts ￿ be physt¢aily adive to walk artdlor take exercise Wh￿ p055ibl&
We ¢ontinu¢ ty wpport our membu5 develop 5ki115 thatgwble them lo tra￿[ by public ITwwfL
Rtcrutiofj•l Artiviti¢s
The range of activities Provided dwing thr year wa5 s¢v¢rely ￿rfal￿* and limitol to the photte 5￿tal rn￿1￿
OUT int¢ntioD to address social isolation be￿ limired and reduccd howtvw S￿n 8$ BOLD r¢op¢n¢4J the 5tr¢J)gth of
BOLDS importance in people's live5 clear )nd th¢ loss of ¢njoy8bl¢ ¢xpuitnc¢s was evident in the loss of self-
confidence. se1f.est￿r[I 8nd life experiertees. Accordingly. Aaff fOcu￿d on the wellbeing of people and xhieving a Trbjrn to
nomiajity of ¢xwitnc¢ ￿ the earliest opwrtunity.
Saturday socia]s and bolidays w¢re ¢atLttll>l howevet ftom tht of2021 these OPF￿￿￿1￿ts h*vc brtn reintrduceAJ.
Fin•n¢ial review
The charity h&$ w deriv¢ its In￿￿¢ frvm thtte prirfipl wurtts.. . wimary ti*linA iJJ¢4m< day taT¢ ¢haTB¢S aThd grw)ts c
donations. Tht rnost $i￿lfi¢8rtt income Stream is that from day Care charg¢& and the bulk of money Tel￿eS tD th¢ fo￿al
placing with the ch￿lty of pcopk with learning disabilities by BafoTd Borough Council and Central Bedfo￿5hi￿e Council.
•rtd Coun¢its in Bu¢kinghomshire. Htsniir*8donshir4 8nd CambTkdgcthir¢ thTough their s￿ice$ D¢p3rnents.
Th¢ charity h*8 had a reduced trading incorne to thc F*￿deMiC. The Icvcl of Day Cart income Tedu¢c4 trnding
incomt has the level of utuestrith41 gmtsand donati£1￿ ha5 ￿lUCed.
In common previous years tradiThg incomc was iD￿ffiCient to meet th¢ tharitys co4% the diff¢reDce ID 2020 bt
that w¢ h&v¢ not bc¢n in 3 positi￿ to atlTatt 3 consistertt level of ￿lts wjd donations. The retson for this has bten tha¢
Charities have 5wiKhcd their prioritie5 for making ttKx award5 to thwiii¢5 ar¥J or8￿1￿110n$ working to allcviatc the
impact of COVtD 19. Historicajly until this point the charity managed ￿ xhievt In aceepwble amount of fvndin&
This is ¢learly an W1pr￿l¢tsbl¢ aSp￿t of the chJTitYs *¢tiviti4 *)d In 8pproryiJt¢ •Tmrtt has th¢refor¢ placèl into a
de$l￿a(¢d fitnd iredund8rw reserv&
The largest itcm is that of #aff 5&1wrie5 ¢onstqu¢ntty arnl r¢gr&i¥bly s)me p)sition$ w¢re made Tr4u¥LdBnL Stsff
have been furloughed when appropriate in line with Gov¢rnm¢nt's job retention scheme. Accounts stsff work￿1 from home
and Flock managed Payroll during ihis time having bttn xpw)inie41 in May 2020 to wist th¢ ac¢ounts Team. Flock is
resFx)nsiblt for Annua] xwjnts. Pay Roll VAT rewrns and xl-h¢x *Jvir¢
D¢btors incrasiThgly slow in 2020 to pay for servicrf deliw¢Ted were PTWtively PUTsueAI foramourtts owed.
With ￿¢¢rt￿￿ty as to whdhw Ch•rities and Grant dmations would be forthcomin8 the positbon of Fund raiser was
madc r¢duntsmt in 2020. In this T¢gard fimdraisillg •mgwtKDt ha5 br￿ in S¢ptcnJber 202J with short
term commercial beneflrs and ￿ ue in.
Fortuiiously our leas¢ our wemises 8t Mill Street Be41f0￿ w&$ an end wd a decision was taken w to rerfft¥
the It￿ and instead Short commercial I¢￿5 wer¢ made with Poll)kab￿ and a WC hi￿ ¢omp8ny &nd Ill wr ow*tions 8re
now bwd at The Different Brew sit¢ which will resuli in savin85.
Tht Siattmeni of Fin￿11 Activities on page 8 and 9 shows a suTrlus of £IW.958 tn the unrerricted re%rYe.
Tht fjnanciaj staicments are sd oui on pè8e5 8 10 23. The financial 5ts1wnents havc becp Pryed iTh accordance ￿th
AttowitiDg and R¢porting by Charitie5'. Stst¢mtnt of Re¢ommendtd P￿let (applicable to charitie5 prcparing their
accounts in accordanc¢ with the Financi￿ Reporting Siand¥rd appli<3bl¢ in the UK and R¢publi¢ of Ir¢laDd {FRS 10211
(issued in (ktober 2019)- Icharsii¢s SORP (FRS 10211. the Financial R¢portSDg Sundard ￿pIl￿ble in thc UK a[￿ Republic
of IT¢land (FRS 102) 8rtd th¢ Companies A¢t 2CKkn.
R*servÈ5 policy
It is Ihe policy of the ch8riry to maintsin a kvel of vnTfstrictd funds to It￿ut srx tmnths unr¢sthrte4J ¢xp¢ndl￿rI to
Provide enough ful￿$ 10 cover OTrBQjDE costs xnd io ajlow for any unforesttn emergencies. PTO8ress h&8 ￿¢11 m&de in this
area and th¢ six months h&% been cxcetded by stria control over ¢xpendiDJT¢& Th¢ InJ4ce5 TwognI￿ that this will
be reductng in 2020thJe to the cothl$ on Fees imrwd by each IrKal Authority.
Plans for Futhr¢ Perit)d¥
The charity planned to expand the existing actiViii¢5 in thc fonhwming yf4r5 subject ￿ satisfactory fiLnding 4￿￿￿elDentS
ar￿ T￿¢)8n15¢S lI￿t signifi¢ant¢ffort is ￿￿£>$&ry ift orderto trtutw ￿b51*ntia[JY the levtl of8r3nt h￿)ding io do so.
Plans for the major dev¢lopm¢nt project to IKgtn in Srfftftg 2020 wete trxk with planning pern)ission 8rant￿ Due to
Covid 19 the focus of tknnors h&$ ¢hanEed, and Fundraising has been significanity impxied on. A new build at redur¢d
Costs is being conside￿￿ and plans for thi5 prop￿￿ wrll be Submitt￿ irt 2021.
GTantS ￿socIated wkth In¢r¢as¢d costs artsing from trtcreased hygttiie saftty practices have 50U8ht4nd a¢hievtd
an ¢xtent l¥)w¢ver costs have riseo and a specialiA contrac￿r engaged to complete re8ular deep cleans.

Trustees know thst this is 8 ¢hatlengin8 time and mea¥1￿￿ are in pl￿t to keq> the filnrttoning. The Fundraysittg for
the app￿ will bc oDgoing artd mart98￿ by Minerv& Revenue fuThdiDB WIII done in hous¢.
In 2021 some cApit81 rnonic5 have bccn sp¢nt on itThpYovinB thc withs fw attd he4tin8 attd its effect improvc the asset
Val￿ fabric and app¢W￿rE of th¢ buildin8 and lthrtdary and Yedtsct our IM￿ on thc Environrncnt.
E￿h memlxr of th¢ t¢sm is stron8 in their c4)mmitmcnt w the wple we 5UPP)rt and sy¢ak cncoutagiDgly to the 8tt¢nd¢es
th¢ possible eVen￿￿LtIeS of COVID whatun bc don¢ and btsw w¢ will op¢r&¢ to keep ¢v¢ryorte at BOLD safe.
The Chief offi¢¢r and h¢r team have ￿ positive TC5uI(s with their approach io keeping pcopl¢ 5hfe and many pwple chos¢
to rrlum at the earliest Op￿rtUnIty after reopcnin& ]n 2021 th¢y have sought to establish the range of OPPDrnJnilits that
existed prior to thc pand¢rni¢ &nd wist p¢opl¢ to ttK ￿e￿IeY ¢xl￿( to have their life chances &$ c105e a5 Possible return to
norniality.
Responsibilitlts of the Eittutive Committee
Charity Law and th¢ Compani¢5 A¢t tequirts the Fxeculive Committte to rw fir￿ncIal swemcnts that give a tN¢ and
fair vi¢w of th¥ $tste of the affairs of the charity a5 & the ba]ance sheet and of its itLroming resourc￿ and 8pplicatkon of
resources, includin8 ineomc and cXrKDditU￿ for the financ￿1 yc4J. In prewing thtss¢ finstt¢iaJ ststem¢nt& th¢ Executive
Committee should follow bcst pNtir¢ ¥iid..
select suitsble accounting P)li¢l￿ and apply them consistenity,
make judgements and ¢5tir[￿¢s that ate te¥onable and pnthnL
P￿parE th¢ fLnattC1￿ statements on thc on8oÈnE ¢onccrn t4515 unjess it is iJJwow¢ to ￿SuMe that the charity
will continue ￿ that b&si5, and
iv)
St￿¢ wheth¢r appli¢abl¢ 8¢¢(￿1]ng Standard$ 8nd 5wements of rccommcmdryj p¥actice have be¢J) follow¢4L
subjert to any Tnateriaj dePar￿re5 disclosed and explained in financial Aatrmcnl>
The Executive Committc¢ 15 T¢spon5ibl¢ for rnaintsinirt8 proper accoiintin8 records which dis¢105e with T¢￿￿ble accurncy
at any time the fuwn¢ial ptssitiOE) of the charity and ro enable them to ensure that the finaneiai sth*meThrs comply with the
Companic5 Act 2Cth. The Execuiive Cornmittce 15 a]so T¢sw>nsible for safeguardin8 the Bssets of the charity aDd h¢n¢e for
tskis)8 re&sonable forthe prcvention and dd#tion of fraud and other iffegularitie5.
M¢thb¢rs •( tkt Exeeutive ComJ•ittee
Members of the Execuiivc CojnJnitt¢4 who ate directors for thc purp05¢ of company 14w 3nd tN#ees for the PUIr￿ of
charity law, who served during tht year 2020 and up to the dat¢ of $igDing of this rtp)rt are set out on p•ge l.
In xcordance with comp8ny law, ￿ the CoMpan￿S direthors we r£rtify th#i'
so far ￿ we art awon there 1$ no relevaThi information of which thecompaJ)y'$ ilxlep¢nd￿I ¢xomiTher is wiawarc
as the directors of the comp8ny we have rsken ail the strps we wght in io m8ke ourselves awarc of any
relevsnt information and ￿ establish the charity'5 inder*nd¢nt ¢xamirt¢r is aware of that info￿￿10n.
Independent Lx•mifjer
Thcr¢ no rewlution * the AGM in respect of thc Indepththnt Examiw.
Thest accounts have beal Prep￿￿ In 8¢¢ordanc£ with the wovi5ions aFplbthk to comp•mies ￿bj￿ w the small
Comp￿les. r¢gim¢.
Th¢ annuaj rcport w¥ approvthl by thcTNstee5 of the ch•Tity on 6 De¢¢mttT 2021 and &wJed ¢)n its by..
Alth Ne￿¢
JovAthE)e Middleditch
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B¢dfordshire Opportunities for Learning Disabilities Lld
Independent Examiner's Report to th¢ trnstees of Bedford$bir¢ Opportunities for
Learning Disabilities Ltd ("the Company")
I retKJrt to the clwity TDJ*ecs on my exWnin￿lon of the accowits of the ComrAny for the y¢8r¢th 31 t)¢¢¢mb¢r 2ff20.
Responsibilities gDd basis of re￿rt
A5 the charty's Trus*es of the Company (and a]so its dIT￿￿T5 for the purp05ts of ￿mpaThY lawl you are restthsible for the
preparation of th¢ accounts in accordanct wilh th¢ rc4uirwJents of th¢ Companies Aci 20(￿l'the 211)6 Ath,).
Having satisfied myself that th¢ accouttts of Bulfordthtrr OpFQT¢wJits¢5 for L¢arning Disabilirie5 Ltd aTC nol TW4UiTed to bE
audited urtder Part 16 of the 2(￿ Act and are eligible for independent exhmiftation. I r¢port in of ]ny examirtatioth of
YOUT charity's accounis as carried out unthr st￿lOn 145 of thc Qjariiies Ath 2011 {￿e 2011 Ad'l. In carryin8 Out my
examination I have followed the Directions 8ivuJ by the Charity Cknmmission undtr scaion 145(5llb) of the 2011 Act.
Indtpe*dent examiner's statsme•t
Sincc the Company's gr055 income ex(¢￿ed £250.L¥￿ your b¢ a m¢mttr of & bjdy list￿ in ￿rtiOn 145 of
the 2011 Act I wnfirnj that I otn qualified to und¢rtak¢ th¢ axominotion l am a m¢mb¢ro(Th¢ In5titst¢of Financial
Accountants, which Is one of the li#cd bodies.
I have completed my examin￿10n. I confirni that no mat*rs havt corne to my attenti(M) irt C￿t￿e￿O￿ with the ￿aMinatIon
giving rne cause ro bclievc..
accounting rctords wert not kepl in res￿ of Bedfordshire OF￿￿￿111tS for Learning tAsabilitie5 Ltd a5 require4J by
section 386 of the 2((16 Act. or
2. lh¢ accounts do noi accord with those records. or
3. th¢ actiAJnts do not comply with th¢ acC￿lAting requiremcnts of s¢&Xion 396 of the 2￿6 A¢t other th8th any
requiremeni that the accounts giv¢ J 'lnJe and fair vi¢W which is not a matttr ron5id¢rAI &5 P•1 of an indepcndaji
examination,. or
4. the 4G¢ounts have not been pyepared in *tord*Ke with the methoth atld principles of the Statement of RccoTnm¢nded
Pnctice for accounting &nd Teponing by charitie5 lapplicablc u> choriti¢S pr¢pmng their a¢¢OuT￿ in a¢¢ordance with
the F]rtanci￿ Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Rybli¢ of Ireland IFRS 10211.
I hav¢ no ¢oncerns and have come acr055 no other rnau¢TS in connedion with th¢ ¢xarninwion to whi¢h att¢ntsOn should be
thawn in thi5 f¢FQrt in ord¢r ￿ cnabl¢ a ptow unilEfstsnJitL8 of the accounts to bt rwhEd.
Denni5 0'Higgins MIPA DCbA Cmgr FCMI
tndep¢ndent Examiner
DT AS￿lat¢S LLP V&Flock Charity Aca>unWts
A practtsing member of The Institute of FID￿Cial Accowltants
27 Old fjlouces￿r Street
tthdon
WCIN 3AX
6 De￿￿￿T 2021

Bedford$hire OpportUDlties for Le*rlling Disydbilities Ltd
Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2020
Ilneluding Income and Expenditure Account aDd Statement of Total Recognised Gains
and Losses)
Totsl
2020
Ullrtstritted funds Restrbtted fu*ds
No
Ineortte *thd Endowmtnts Irom:
Do￿lI0n$ and l¢gac*es
Charitablc activities
105.
295,226
21,044
126,834
295.226
Oth¢r uicome
396
TO1￿ income
Expenditure o•:
Rw"sing fund5
Charitable aciivities
19.287)
(37&660)
{402)
(1.5￿)
19.689)
(380.160)
T(ptsi expendimre
Gainsllosses on investment tssets
(407.744)
(409.646}
Net income
Net movement in bjnds
81.420
19.538
3(KJ.958
Retonciliatiom of fyndi
Totsi fund$ broughi fonward
452 276
Totsi f￿d5 CATricd forward
17
533.696
466.547
l.IW.243
Totsl
2019
Uwrestrirted funds Rt5trict¢d fp•d$
Ineome And Endowments Irom:
Donations and legacies
Charitablc xtiviti
20,351
525.126
652
143.149
163,5tKI
525.126
Othu irtcome
717
Totsi income
689 995
Eipenditurt on:
Raising fvnds
Charitabl¢ o¢tivitie$
GoVernat￿t costs
(14.162)
(454.932)
751
(5.7581
{41.987)
{19.920)
{496.9l9)
Totsi expendilure
Nct inr4)me
mov¢ment in fvrtds
68.284
121
164,405
Re¢oTr¢ili*tiott of fynds
Tothl fimds brought forw¥d
The not¢s ort Pg8es 9 to 21 fonn #n inte￿￿ part of these fin8n¢i8J ststements.

Bedfordshire OpportUDities for Learning Disabilitiey Ltd
Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2020
ncluding Income and Expenditure Account and StatemeDt of Total Recognised Gains
and Losses)
Totsl
2019
Vttrestrkted hods Restrltted f¥nds
Note
Totsl fvnds CaTried forwvd
17
143.811
765519
All of thc charity's activitiC5 dcrivc from c(K*inu¥ng opEntions during the •bove tt¥o peric￿%
The fijnds breakdown for 2019 is Sho￿ in note 17.
The notes OTh poges 21 fo￿ an Integ￿ partof these firtfftnci￿ styem￿
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Bedfordshire oppor￿DItieS for L¢Arnillg Disabilities Ltd
(Registration number: 04327714)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2020
20A9
Note
Flx¢d *ss¢ts
Tangibk a55¢ts
341047
269.412
Current aSgets
Debtors
Cash at baThk th in haNI
12
13
9,604
60,762
612.522
673,284
678.723
Cr￿ltorS. Amounts falling due with•p o•e ye•r
14
N¢¢ ¢¥rr¢nt wets
639918
Totsl •ssets le55 ¢Hrrtnt liabili¢ie5
I.(MM).688
.330
CFeditors: Amo¥nts hllillB due •fter mor¢ th*D oDeyear
15
•ss¢ts
FoDO5 of th¢ thArity:
Restritted income f¥ttd$
Resrricted fimds
466.547
765.519
Unrestricted int•me fufjds
UnTCStridrd
ReValu￿10n re￿r¥¢
453.696
143Jll
Total unrestricrd fur¥
533 696
Totsl fuDd$
17
For the fmanciai ycaT ending 31 D￿rMber 2020 the ch*rity w&9 ¢ntit]&l to ¢%￿ption from w￿r section 477 of the
Cofflp8JJi¢s A¢t 2(116 relating coajpanies.
Directorg rtsponsibilities:
The rnEmbErs ha¥¢ not r¢quiTtd th¢ ¢h•rity th obthirt ￿ adii of its accounts for ¢he yesr io question rn accordanct with
S¢¢liort 476," and
The dirtetors aCknM)wl￿gC their responsibilities for complyin8 with the ttquirements of the Act with respe¢t to
couniing records and the prepgNion of &¢oun
Th¢ fin￿rial ¥ateEllthts on pag¢$ 6 to 21 were appo¥￿ by the TTUStw gnd atsthorised for issuc on 6 fkcemkr 2021 and
s]￿ed on their bth￿r by..
Alan Neate
Chalrman and tnjstee
-knne Middleditch
Company sc￿etary and twstee
The noteson pagc5 1 I to 23 fonn ￿ inteBra] pyt of these fl￿￿2[ statem￿t
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Bedfordshire Opporthnities for Learning Disabilities Ltd
Notes to the Fillaneial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2020
I Charity ststs$
The ¢harity is limitd by guarant¢< irtCory￿￿Cd in England & w￿r4 and wnsequcnily d¢Jcs not havc share capitaj. Each of
the TnJste¢s is liable to tontribute an arnounl noi exceeding £1 ts)waTds the asscts of the charity ith the ev￿1 of liquidation.
The adthess of its regi&cred office and principal Pl￿ of knin¢ss is..
106 Clapham Road
Bedford
Bedfordshire
MK417JP
Thrs¢ financial 5taiments We￿ authoTiwI for issue by the Tnste¢s on 6 D￿m￿¢r 2021.
2 Attountirtg policiu
Summary Of signifKant *ceou•ting policles And Accounti￿ e5tiffj•ts
The prtncipJ ￿￿u￿ting policies applied in the prepaNion of these financia] 5taiunenis art xt out below. Thc5e policies
have wnsistently applied thcyew5 prest4Jtr4 unless Othcnvi￿ stsie£L
ststement of ¢omplTr#thct
Th¢ financial sw¢m¢nts have F*en prepar&1 in a￿￿datIce A￿0￿1￿￿% And Reportsrtg by Charities.. Stst¢rnent of
R¢comm¢ndcd Praciice18pplicablc (o charities preparing their a¢col￿ts in x¢ordance with thc Financial Reporting Standard
applicable in the UK and Rcpublir ¢>f IrelsDd {FRS 1021} {issuol in October 2019) . {Ch8rities SORP (FRS I02)X the
Finan¢ial Reporting S¢and8rd applicable tn th¢ UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Art 2006.
B851$ of preparation
Bedfordshirc Opportunities for Learning Dithilities Ltd me£ts the ¢Jefmition of a Pllblic benefit entity under FRS 102.
Assets amd liabiliti¢$ 8r¢ initially recognised at hiAorie41 cosr or tran5Xtion value unless otherwise stht¢d in the relevant
accouniitiB policy ftorek
The charity does not believc il 15 matrwiaity impxtrd by Braxit c4)ntinues to n￿nitOr th¢ impact thmu8h the Exccutive
Committee.
Jn accordance with Government Guidanr¢ the Charity wa5 cIo¢xd fmm 23rd Maffh 2020 And reopened on 28th SeptemF*r
2￿40. In adhering w Govvnrnertt artd Local Authority 8nd Health PrO￿al0ft insThiction there w&% an oftgoing irnp￿ on our
provision omd th¢ wge of experience5 •Jd social adiviiies thar wer¢ avatlable ￿ people. Gov¢mm¢nt M￿ntain
restriaiott$ that impacted on people livitjg in SUp￿)rted caTr s¢ttings that PTeve•tyJ the attendance of some wple and
funh¢r LrKkdown was impos¢d in Novembu. The Executive Committee meet regul8dy athd tmph&si5 on ensuring the
Vi8bility aTwJ futUFC ofthe ¢h8riry has a fo¢al ￿IllI duTinE the year.
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Notes to the Finaineigl Statements for the Year Ended 31 Detember 2020
GoTrDg con¢enJ
The financial statemcnts have been prcpared on agoing Eonccrn
The tNsteCS 8$￿$ wheth¢t th¢ usc of going ¢oD¢¢rn is appff>priatr i.& whcth¢T thcre arc ¥ry Materi￿ unccrtaintic5 ￿lated to
¢vMts or ¢onditions that may c•# signifLC4ni doubt ot) the ability of th¢ ¢htirity to ¢Othtirtue Is a going ¢on¢mi. Th¢ truM¢tS
make this Lssessmeni in re5t*rt of a Peri￿ of oneyearfrom the date of appmval of the financi￿ sW¢th￿t>
Exemption from pr¢p•rlng • c•sh n•T4 S¢•trth¢•t
Th¢ ¢haTity OPt¢d to early adopt 8ull¢tirt I publisbed on 2 Febnwy 2016 and have therefore Dot & ¢•sh flow
statsment in these fJnancia] swenjettts.
In¢om¢ and e*dowments
All income is recognised rAJce the charity h&$ entitjemcnt to the incorn@ it ￿ protrAblc that tk income whll be reGEive4J *ryd
the amount of th¢ incorne r¢¢¢ivable can b¢ m￿U[¢d fflithly.
Donths widlwi¢s
Donuion5 arc rew￿ls¢d Wh￿ the charity has bwi Dotifird wrtting of th¢ ami)unt and settjement dhtr. In ¢v¢nt
that a donatioTh is subject 10 corjditions that tequire a level of pcrforniartee by the chariry kfore the charity is cniiiled io the
funds, the iftcome is dcfeffd and rtot Ttcognised umil cithcr those eondiiions arc fijlly MCL or the fuifilrnent of thos¢
ndibon5 is wl¥)lty withllj the ¢oDtrol of th¢ ¢hxrity 8thd it is pry)b*•le that these tonditiohs will be hlfilled in the T4)oMn8
p¢riod.
Grn￿$ receIV￿ble
Granis are Tecogni5ed whEn th¢ charity h859n ¢ntitlwnoJt to th¢ fund5wxI ¢oThlitions linked ts> th¢ grants hav¢ t*en meL
Where perfOr]n￿¢e ¢ondition$ 8tta¢hed to the grant aftd a￿ y¢t ￿ b¢ ￿ the income 15 recowjistd ￿ & liability and
in¢lud¢d on the ba]ance sheet as defesred income I¢1¢￿d.
Eypenditurt
All expenditure 15 Tecognised once there 15 a legal or ¢onstn]¢bve obligation to expendittry it is probable settlement is
required and th¢ amount ¢art be Measur￿ reliobly. All COSL8 8Tt aJloc&ed to the applicable eXpendiD￿e he&Jing that
aggregate Simslar Costs ￿ thai cate80ry. Where cost5 carmot E¢ direcily auribu*d lo pirti¢Wl￿ headings they hav¢ been
allocated on a basi5 ¢onsist¢nt with th¢ usc of resour¢ffj with ¢¢ntnl &off ¢osts alloc4ted OTh th¢ basis of time spcnL and
depreciation ¢hso¢s all0¢￿ed on th¢ portion of the &sset'5 Use. Othet sutwrt corts are alloc4led bwd on the spread of Staff
¢osts.
Thcst arc costs bncurred in atiracting voluntwy in¢om4 the rna[￿ of irtvestt*ents and tlM)st in trading
activities that rnise funds.
Charitsble cxpendiDJf¢ cornpri5es those coxs in¢urytd by the in the delivery of its activt¢ies and serrice5 for its
t¢neficiari¢s. It in¢lud¢s costs th* ¢aD t¢ 8]I(K￿ed direcity to such ￿l¥ll1t5 and those Costs of an indircct DotUTe
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Notes to the Finaneial Statements for tbe Year Ended 31 December 2020
Support costs
SuprM)rt e05ts include central fiJn¢tions 8th1 hav¢ b¢￿ allo¢*¢d w activity cate8ories on a b&si5 consistent with the u
of re50urc¢5. for ¢XAmpl< allo¢atin8 protffj costs by floor are4 or w L¥Pit4 stsff costs by the time spcnt and othcr w5ts
by th¢ii usa8¢.
Covernanee eosts
These include th¢ costs attributsblc to the charity's tompltance with ¢on*itithiona] aTrJ staDJtory requirernen￿ including
audi( strategic TllOnagm￿rt1 aod TnLStees's meeiiDgS and re1m1￿[Sed exrth5eS.
Taxation
The ch¥rity is ¢onsideTed to pass the Set out in Paragraph I Schcdule 6 of the FitwKc Art 2010 aryj thtsEfor¢ it m¢¢ts
the definition of a ch8riiabl¢ company for UK corF¥)rntion t&x piirposes. AccoTdirt8ly. the ¢haTity is PDitntially exempt from
tlxation in re5P¢¢t of inwm¢ or ¢apityl Aains received within c4te8orie5 covered by Chapter 3 Pan I l of th¢ Corwration Tax
AG¢ 2010 OT S¢¢tion 256 of the Taxatiort of Chargeable Gains Aci IWI ￿ the exlcnt that gjch in¢om¢ or gain5 aTC appli
exclusively to djaritsble PU￿￿¢5.
T*nKibl¢ fix¢d 955¢ts
Individu￿ fJx¢d ass¢ts costirtg £50tM).00 or more are initially tecorded at C￿ le55 any subsc4UEllt w£umulat￿j depr¢¢i4ti0
and subsequent accumulatrd imwrm¢nr los5￿.
Buildfft8s art held at Fair Valuc subjecl to a ptriodi¢ r¢v8lustion imp3]m￿ll1 testing.
Depreci*tion And fimortisation
D¢pr¢¢iaiion is provided on tangible fixed 455cts so as to write off th¢ c05t or y￿￿#tH}n, It¥$ any estimated nsÈdual valu
over thtjr expcctsd us¢ful xonomiE life &5 follow
Asset cla5$
Moff>r VdM¢les
DepTetiation ffjethod rnt¢
Straight 33.33% on cost
Tr•de debtOTS
Trade debtor5 41[￿wits due fmm custhmers for rncrchandisc sold or 5er¥irc5 ￿r01M￿l in th¢ ordiTW course of
business.
Trnde debtors 8r¢ reco￿1$ed initidly ￿ the transxtTh They we subwucnily Meas￿ It amortised COSL using the
¢ffeciive 2ntere51 methrf less provision for impairTn¢nL A wovisi¢n for the impaitment of trade debtors is established when
there is objective evid¢nc¢ that th¢ Gh*ity will not be able ￿ cfjlied a]1 am¢Junts due xcording ty the Original of the
r¢¢¢iv8bl¢s.
C￿h And cA5h equivalents
Cash and ¢x8h equivalents cornprise cash on hand &nd d¢tw& and other short-trnn highly liquid inve5mk¢nts that are
rEwJily Gonv¢rtibl¢ to a known am(Nu)t of c•sh and are wbiect ￿ an insignificant risk of chthge in value.
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Notes to the Fin*nti*l Ststements for the Year Ended 31 DeeeJDber 2020
Tr8dt creditOT5
Trade creditors are obliEations ro pay for or wviees have been acqllutd in the orditlary course of busio¢ss from
5upplier5. AGcounts payable ar¢ clwified ￿ C￿￿enT liabiliii¢5 if th¢ charity dots noi hav¢ an uncoThdition￿ ri8hL u th¢ cnd
of the reporting wio(L 10 defer settlemrnt of the treditor for ￿ itast twtlvt month$ 8fttt the ttN)rting date. If there is on
unconditional right to deter mltment for at le￿ Nelve month5 aftcr the rwning d￿e, they are pre￿￿trd ￿ non-current
Trade creditor5 aTE r¢co8nised initially at the tian￿)0￿ pri￿ and 5ubsC4uen￿Y meawted at amorti5ed CO￿ using the
¢ff¢¢tiv¢ intere# method.
Borrowing5
Intcrest-bearing tM)Trowings arc recorded at hiT vaJu¢ ttel of trnrts*¢tiOn ¢OSts. Irtterest-bearirtg botTowings are
subsequently ¢arried st amortised COSL with the diffemice berween the prfKttd& of tran￿[lon COS￿ and the amount
due on ialemption being reco8nised a tharge to the Ststt4neni of FinDncia] ActiViii¢5 OVCT the F¢Tiod of the relev¥￿t
boffowin&
Interest cxpen5e Is ￿￿ognIsed on the basis of th¢ cffc¢tiv¢ intcr¢5t rn¢thod is hnclwjed in iDtrye# payable and simil
charge5.
Borrowings are classified as current li8bilitl¢5 un1¢5s thc chaTity has an wKfjthditiODal right ￿ drf¢r s¢ttlement of the ligbility
for at l¢&st Mtlve months ofter the reporting date.
F4nd S¢TUetyr¢
Unre5trirt¢d ￿Come fiJnd$ are 8tner8] funds that are availablc for usc It the Tru￿￿5 di5¢r#ion in furtlwknte of the
objtciivcs of the clwity.
Designa*d ffiJnd5 are unre5triCted funds set 8sid¢ forspccffj¢ purposes ￿ the distretion of the trnstre5.
Restricled income funds are those donated for use in a pariKuiar oztA or frx spe¢ifi¢ w1p0￿ the use of whicb is restriaed
to that area or purpose.
Pensions oih¢r p05t r¢tir¢ththt obllEatio•s
The charity oper&t¢$ & defined ¢ontribution pen￿0￿ ￿htsn¢ which is a prn5tons plan ￿der which fixed contnbutions are
paid inro a p¢nsion furtd athd the chatiry h&5 no le831 or construaive obligation io pay further coDtribution5 even if the fund
does not hold sufficierlt pay a]1 the eTnployec5 th¢ bth¢fits relation to ¢mploy¢¢ service in the ¢urrent and prior
iods.
Contribuiions to thf￿ed ¢ontribuurn plaD5 are tEr￿]Sed in the Stat&nent of Fit*nciaL Activiiie5 thty 8rt due. If
contribution payments ex￿ the contribution duc for scrvicq the u¢ess i$ Ttwiscd as a prep&ymthL
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Notes to tbe FiDan¢i*l Ststements for th¢ YeAr Ended 31 December 2020
ingntial iTr5tr¥m¢Trts
C14551ficAtson
FIDan¢1￿ wsets and financial liabilities 8Te recogniscd when the chty b￿0M¢S tt pty w the ¢oDtTxtyoI pww$ions of the
instrumenL
Fitwicial liabillties and equity instrumcllts ￿ ¢lwifi¢d ae¢oTding to th¢ gjbstsrtte of the conttxwal arr8ngemettrs enrered
inw. An equity instrurn¢nt is any ¢ontsact that eviderKe5 a residual iTrtrrest in th¢ a55ets of the charity after d¢ducting of
its liabiliti¢s.
All financial assets aiyj liabilities w¢ initially mewred at transaction price (including transaction costs), ￿cePt for those
financi￿ assets ¢l&ssified ￿ at fair value thTOU8h Profrt or lo￿ which are initia]ly ￿￿ured at f&iT v￿u¢ {whi¢h is J)omY￿ly
the tr8nsaction price excluding tran5acuon cost51. wil¢ss the ayT¥ng¢m¢nt ¢o]witu￿ a finatTrcit)8 tronsaciion. If an
arrangement Con￿llUte5 a financing tra[￿¢￿0[¥ the fuxollcia] or fLnarÈciat liability 15 mca5urtd at the present valve of
th¢ fuwr¢ paytn¢nts discount￿ al a markd ratr of intere* a Similar dth instrumrnL
Financial ￿ets and liabilitie5 are onty offsd in th¢ y8t¢mtht of fin8ttcial p)sitith) when. and oTrly when there exists a legalty
enforrcabl¢ right io $Et off the reco￿l*l amounts and the charity intend5 eir]Kr w %ttle ¢Jn a nct bosis orto realise the w¢t
and settle the liability simultsneously.
Fuwjciai ￿￿¢t5 wc dv¢¢wised whe* and onty when al thc contractua] ri8lRs to the cash tIow5 from the fin8fjciaJ I￿1
expire or art settled. b) the ¢hATity tratLsf¢TS to another party substamia]ly all of the risks and rewards of own¢rship of the
rinan¢i8J &sseL or c) the tharity. despite having relain￿ som< but not ¥)L si8rtifi¢8nt risk$ and rew¥ds of ownershiA ha5
r¥•)sf¢rred control of the another party.
Financial liabilities 8re dueewised only when the obligaknon &wifityJ in th¢ ¢Ont¥￿ is dis¢htr8e4 Cancell￿ or expire5.
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Notes to the Fin*nei￿ ststements for tbe Year Ended 31 December 2020
D¢bt in5tnJmcnts which mect th¢ following C4)nditions are thcquctttly rntwred al arnortixd cost using the effective
inlcrest method:
la) The ¢ontra¢¢twi reDJm to the holder is (i} a fixed amoun( lill 8 Fx)sitive fixed Fatr or & positsv¢ y￿•ble Tate" or liiil a
¢ombination of a positiv¢ or a ne8aiive fixed Tate and a posttive v8riable rat
(bl Th¢ ¢ontrnd may provid¢ for repayments of th¢ prin¢ipal orthe return to the holder (but not tyM)th) to be linked kn a singlc
relevant observable index of 8eTheral price inflation of ihe CUTrency in which the debt in#rnment ts denomin8trt provided
such link5 aT¢ not leverdgcd.
Icl The contract may rmyide for a d¢t¢￿inable varI￿10n of the Tdurn lo the holder durin8 the life of th¢ instnjmenu
provided that (il the r*¢ satisfies cortdilion lal and thc vaTi*t]￿ is not omtingeni on futh cv¢nts other {]) a
change of a contTxwal variable ratc. 121 tti thc holdcr against credit deterioration of the i55u¢r, (3) changcs in Icvi
applicd by a central bank or ari5tnE from than8es in relevant i&xatioth or law" or (ii) the new nte is a markd rtte of irtterest
and s￿iSfieS condition {al.
(dl There is no contra¢ts]8J provision coul(L by its tern￿ resuli in the holdtr tOSin8 the priThcipal am¢Junt or any inierest
auributable io the current ￿lod or wior
{e} Contrxtual provisions that r*rni( the i55UCT to prepay a dthi inYn¥n¢nt or pennit thc hO￿¢r ￿ put it back w the issuer
before mthjrity at¢ not contsng¢nt ott fi]tute ev￿1& other than to protect the I￿ld¢T •gJitist th¢ CTèJit de*ritsrntson of the
issuer or a ¢hanRe in ¢orLtrol of the issuer. or ￿ PToiea the holdu or is%Kr changes in levies applie#J by a ¢enrr81
bonk or arising from Changes in T¢kv4nt ¢ax•bon tsr law.
lfj Contractual provi5LOllS may F¢rnllt th¢ extension of the tErn of the debt ithstwmen4 th8t the rthm to the ￿)[der
and any oth¢r contractua) provisions applicable during the txtetthd trrm satisfy the coTrJitions of para8ryhs {a) to (c}.
Lkbt instruments that are cldssifi¢d as payable or ff¢¢iwable within 0￿ year On illitia] recognition and which meet the &bov¢
conditions 8re mwured at the wMihscount￿ arnouni of the ￿$h or other ex￿1¢¥j w be paid or re¢¢iv¢d, of
impairnlent.
With the exception of some h￿ging in￿r￿n¢￿ts other de￿ in5¢ru￿ts rn¢¢ting the5¢ conditions ¥re ot fair
V8]uc through profit or1055.
Commitmcnts to make and receive loan$ which mca the conditiimjs mmtiortul abDVC #ft m¢4sur¢d at {whith may be
Thill Icss irnpairni¢n¢.
Investments in non-wnvertible preferet)ce Sh￿ artd non-putrab]e ordinary or preference share5 (where shares ￿ publicly
traded or their fwr value is Teliably M￿urable) are mwured at fw"r value through profit or loss. Where flir vajue ￿nOt be
asur¢d r¢liably> inve51m¢nts measured at co# L¢ss impairnieni.
Invethents in subsidiaries and asso¢i8tes are measuretl & co# less 1mpairn￿nL For inv¢Mments in subsidiaries acquired for
con5ideratiop including th¢ iswe (pf shares qu￿lfyin8 for merger reliec is measu￿￿ by refererKe w the t￿minal value of
th¢ sh8r¢s iswed plus fair value of other considcrnion. Any pr￿luM is igttortd
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Notes to the Financial StatemeDts for the Year Ended 31 Deeember 2020
The charity uses derivative financial in51rumMts kn rrdur¢ wrr to foreigD exth4rtge risk attd interest rate movements.
The charity dc¢5 noi hold or is5uc dcrivativ¢ fin8n¢l￿ instrurtthts for wulative purp)s
]krivatives arc iDitiaJly recogtyised ai fair vallle at the datr a derivative contraa is enrered inw and aTC subsequently
remeasured to their fair value at each reporting date. The resulting gain or Ioss 15 T￿ogniSed in *at¢mcnt of finan¢iei
a¢iiviti¢5 itnm¢diately unless the deriV￿1ve is designated and ¢ffeciive 35 a IKdging in5tnJmcnL in whiGh evcTht the timitig of
Iht recwition In Statement of financia] ￿1vill¢S dynds the of th¢ htyJg¢ ￿l￿10￿$hiP.
Th¢ best ¢vidertce of f8ir va]ue is a quoted price for idtnlical in ￿ ￿tIVe JTwkrt WhEn quotol pri¢¢$ 81¢
unavailable. the price of a rcttni trnn*dion for an id￿111¢al &ss¢t Ptovid¢s tvid¢ne¢ of fait valu¢ Is lot18 ￿ there h*$ not
Fxen a 5ignifJcant Ch￿￿¢ in ¢conomir ¢i￿￿n￿Ant¢S or a si8nificarti lapse of time since the tr8nsadion tsok place. If the
mark¢t l5 not active and recent transactions of an identic4] &ssd on their are ￿t a 8OLwJ e51im8tr of faiT v8Ju< the fair
vaJu¢ is ¢stImat￿ by us2nB a valuation teclmique.
3 IncwD¢ from dott*tions And Itycies
U*restricted f￿10$
CeDeral
Restricted
funds
Total
fumds
DonatiOD5 aJJd Icwies"
Dotwtion$ from individuals
Grant% including capithi gw¥mts'
Gr8nts from othercharitte5
21.044
121,834
Total for 2020
126 834
Total for 2019
143 149
4 1nc•me from ch*ritsble Aetivities
Vttr¢¥tri¢t¢d fvhds
General
Totsl
2020
Caft income
Wocmlwork & craft sale5
Drdycart fees
5,589
1311
287 325
5,589
2.311
287.325
295 225
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Bedfordshire Opportunities for IArniDg Disabilities Ltd
Notes to the FiDaDeial StatemeDts for tbe Year Ended 31 December 2020
Umrestritted fllvJd$
G¢*¢r*l
Total
2019
C8f¢ irtcome
Daycare fee5
Gardwing servic¢s
24,850
486.771
24.850
486.771
525 126
525 126
S ExpÈndiiure OD r•i$ing funds
8) Costs of gehetating dotyAtlons gmd Iytits
Unrestrieted f4Dds
GeAer•l
Re5trirttd
fuDd5
To¢#1
No
Donation5
To¢wl 2020
Total for 2019
19.920
p¢•ditsir¢ on tharit*ble artiviti¢s
Unreslrlrt￿ hods Restridtd
General
funds
Tot•1
fyh05
Sthff Gosts
Different brew co
Moiorexpens¢s
L¢g￿ and professional fees
Courts¢llin8 and othu therapies
Li8hL heal and pDw¢r
Rent and ra*s
280J20
5.820
11.946
280,320
5.820
11,946
1.5
10,410
6.Ol3
13.178
l5.667
4.213
3,798
9.518
1.5(Kl
10.410
6.013
13.178
15.667
4,213
3.798
9.518
17
Insuranc¢
Office e%pens¢s
H¢aJth safety ¢ost8
Repair5 HJLd rniinienance
(hher operating COX8
Tot*1 for 2020
378 114
379614
Tot•1 for 2019114 r¢5tated
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Bedfordsbire Opportsnities for Learning Disgbilities Lld
Notes to the FinaD¢ial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2020
In addition to the expenditure aftaty￿d atM)ve, there we also 8overnance coA% of £19.797 (2019 - £8.751} which relate
dir¢¢dy to ¢h8rirable adiviiies. Set note 7 for further details.
AAalysb of govern•nte and s¥PPOrt Costs
CoverDaNte costs
Unre5tri¢ted
funds
G¢n¢r#l
Totsl
funds
Independentexaminer fe¢$
Examirtation of th¢ ststements
445
445
Otber fee$ paid to examiners
3.873
Allocatcd sUPPOrt costs
Totsl for 2020
T•tsl for 2019
Stsff costs
The aBgregait payroll costs wcrr 15 follows:
2020
2019
Staff costs durn8 the yt4r werv.
Wage5 and saiarics
280 320
257 171
The monthly avera8e number of persons (induding key manyment persujnei) employed by the charity during th¢ year
eXpre￿d &8 full tirne eqUiVal￿)ts w&s as follows..
2020
2019
Monthly average Etumber of staff
21
18
No employee T￿1¥￿1 ¢n￿l￿n¢￿ts of moEe than £60.iKXI duTiThg th¢ycar.
9 1ndepeDdent txaminer'5 TtmiJNeriiti
2019
Examination of the financial sthtemethts
445
Other fee5 to examiners
All other services
750
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Notes to th¢ FinaD¢i81 Statements for the Year EDded 31 Deeember 2020
10 T*x*tion
The ch4rity Rs aTegtst¢Ted charity and i$thcr¢fort exe4npt from tswion.
11 Txttglble tlxtd asgets
IAAd I￿11111￿¥S Motorvthitle5
Total
Cost
At I lanuary 2020
ReValu￿l0ftS
250.IKK)
80,(XKI
122.808
371808
80.(XIO
17,499
Additions
Di5wsa15
17.499
At31 D¢cember 21r20
130307
Depreciatio
At l January 2020
Charg¢ for ihey¢ar
101.615
101.615
64$
At 31 December 2020
260
Net bwk v*l•È
At 31 D￿ember 2￿20
330.(MKJ
34
047
At31 D￿mber2019
271 193
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Bedford$bire Opportunities for Learning Disabilities Ltd
otes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 De¢ember 2020
Rev*lu8tion
The fair vaiuc of thr ¢omp•ny's Building5 was ￿1]U￿4 on 31 Decan￿ 2020 by Dajrn P4)e BA(Honsl M MRJCS of
Kirby Dismortd. independalt ¥￿ue1.
The y￿u&ll0n pr¢pared in f4¢orfw¢¢ with The Royal In5Litytirn of Chartueo Sur¥eyors Valu8tion- Global Stsndards
(Th¢ Red Bor*k} effective 31 January 2020 (￿l¢h incorporale the Internation￿ Vajuation StsJ)dards) and the UK r>atiOll41
supplement. The property has been valued on the bJ5i5 of Fwr Value whith i5 dcr1D￿ in the International Valualion
Stsndard5 a5:'The price that would bE received to sell 8n or ptiid to tr8nsftr a liability in an 0￿¢T)Y traJ)sactioft btNten
market psrticipants at the me&wremeThi da*..
Had this cjw of ￿Se1 been me*wAred on a historic4] cosl ba51& their canyÉng ￿OUnt wou]d havt be￿ £250.00012019-
£250.OLK>).
12 Debtors
2020
20J9
Trade d¢btors
Other debtors
1.152
452
34,685
13 CAsh And cash ¢quinl¢thts
21119
Cash on h￿d
Cash at bank
Short-trrn deposits
254
9.610
15.468
612.522
14 Creditors: *mo￿nts falling due within 04¢ ytsr
21119
Trade fftditors
Other ￿xatIOn and ￿l&l security
VAT gTAnt r¢pay8ble
Other creditors
AccTu8Is
SJ87
5917
(14,631}
21,534
875
19.816
5,653
1.932
1,518
20.082
15 Creditor5: amounts fall•ng dwe after one ymr
Ac¥nJ8]s
445
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Bedfordshire Opportunities for L¢2rning Digabilities Ltd
Notes to the Financial StatemeDts for the Year EDded 31 December 2020
16 ReseTre5
Unrestrirted
revaluation reserve
Totsl
Unrealised Su￿]￿S (gain) on proputy wajuation
17 Funds
Other
retognised
gain￿{10$5¢$)
B*lante It
J8nu8ry 2020
R¢sour¢es
txptndtd
resourtes
Transf¢ts
Unrestricted fwnds
General
431.740
399.877
139&457)
20.536
8QOOO
DEsi8noted
536
Totsl unre5tritted funds
452276
399,877
{398.457}
Restricted fund$
Tot*1 funds
421317
teAt31
D¢ctwber 2020
UDr¢stri¢ted
Genetsl
533.&
D¢sigthtt
Totsl unre5tri¢ted funds
533,696
Restricted funds
Total fvttd$

Bedfordshire Opportunities for LearniDg Disabilities Ltd
otrs to th¢ Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 D¢e¢mb¢r 2020
B8l•wtt At I
J•nyary 21J19 IncoThing Te4owrr¢s
Resourcts
expended
BAl*•et at 31
December 2019
Unrestrkted fund$
Gerteral
54,YJi
531,967
(463,683)
123.275
De5igwed
Totsl uhrestricted fuhds
75,527
531,967
1463.683)
143.811
Restrirted fuAds
98
138 108
765 519
Totsl fund
670075
305 670
18 Related party tr•DMctiOnS
Durin8 the yw the tharity mede the followttB rtlated F4rty transaaions:
Joda Servi
During th¢ year, Joda Servit¢5 rnn by a form¢r tri￿¢¢. who s¢rved duting theyt4T, Te£eiYed paytnent for book¢epin4 supw>rt
and TT subscription& The conw ￿Y￿ents were approved authorised by the Executive Committee. DurinR th¢ y
JIOA Servic¢s wived £2.51K> (2019- £?2￿>.
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