REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: CE038814 (Engllnd and WAles) REGISTERED CHARfrY NUMBER: 1211744 RetK)rt of the Tntee$ and Unaudited Finallcial Statements For The Period 17 January 2025 to i January 2026 for Amazing Op}rtUnItieS CIO Allan Brown ( A& T Services Ltd) 18122 Church Stre¢t Malv¢rn Worcestershire WR14 2AY
Amazing Opportunities CIO Contents of the Financial Statements For The Period 17 January 2025 to l January 2026 Page Report of the TStee$ Independent Examin¢Vs Rerrt)rt Statement of Financial Activities Balance Sheet Notss to the Financial Statements 9 to 12 Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 13
Amazing Opportunities CIO Report of the Trustees For The Period 17 January 2025 to l January 2026 The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the PUTtK>ses of the Companies Act 2006. present their report with the fanCIal statements of the charity for the period 17 January 2025 to l January 2026. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Aonting and Reporting by Charities: Ststement of Recommended Practice applicable to ¢harities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Rwrting StatEdard applicable in the UK alld Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (eff¢¢tive l January 2019). IDeorporxtioD The charitable company was incorp)rated on 17 January 2025. Objec¢ives and getivities Objeclivey and Aims To relieve poverty in England and Wales for the publi¢ benefit by providing grants, items and service5 to individuals in Deed anor other charitie5 and organisations working to relieve or prevent poverty. Page I
Amazing Opportunities CIO Report of the Trustees For The Period 17 January 2025 to l January 2026 Objectives and aclivities Significlnl etivities The year did not start well for the clwity. in the middle of our application proce&s with the Charity Commission the landlord of the property we were renting on Belle Vue Terrace in Malvern informed us the lease would not be renewed as he was planning to retire and sell the proty. This understandably caused oneern among our service users and a lot of unplanned expense putting everythtng in storage while a alterJ)ative property was found. Our obligations to seryice users could not be ignored so. while the homeless charity was itself homeless we continued to supp)rt individuals in need by creating emplo}Thent opportunities working in storage containers and garages that produced a wide range of unique crafted items. We then arrang¢d for the use of retail space in local superniarkets and w)Fup space5 at festiva15 to rnarket th¢ items to the public. This allowed us to continue helping five indtviduals during the summer period. Our attention focused on rdIng premises. After many false staTts 2, Old Stre¢¢ Upton un Sev¢rn was chosen. It provided enough space for a retail are workshop, oifice, & kitchen, but most imwrtantly. the rent was affordabl¢. As we had Practiced when a CIC, it was decided that we would endeavour to encournge service users to devclop skills that would l¢ad to employment. W¢ had previously encouraged individuals to help repurpose donated items to sell in th¢ shop as uniqu¢ crafted items and then with the skills they had learne& onwards to establish their ovm "micro. busine&%es leading them to indcp¢ndent living. Once we had tsken possession of the new premises It took us over a month to sort out the electric supply) aTrange for internet connection. and decordte the propertv, th¢n fit out the retail area and workshop. We also advertised locally for volw]teers to support this new venture. When the doors were open and we were up and running we made introductions locally to the Trussell Trust Community Kilchen and Worccst¢r Street Kitchen. We now supply goods to the Trussell Trust on a regular basis, usually of non-perishabl¢ household g(KKls and fJnaDcial supp)rt to Worcester Street Kitrhen - both these orgallisations refer peopl¢ in need back to us. We have recently forged links with the Worcester Street Pastors who ar¢ referring individuals in need to us. We restablished our outrea¢h programme in the centre of Worcester and are in the process of fmding nding to create a catering kitchen that will operdte on a "Take whal you need......pay if you can. principle to help us contact more of those in and encourage them to take advantage of our services. Upton utK)n Severn has a small wpulation of aut 3000 people and f(K)tfall past our retsil outlet is small. However, Upton is the festival capital of the UL hostiDg major FOIL Blues, Jazz and Family Festivals during the summer. each attracting about 10,000 visiÉors. Being close to the River Severn (and sometirnes in it during th¢ Willtcr) weekends can be busy with tourists visiting the Upton Marina and walking the Malv¢rn Hills giving us iy)ost in revenue. We currently have four service users, each with a different story to tcll. Polly is working with each of them individually, helping them to build their confidence tca¢hing health and budgeting skills together with CV preparation and interview techniques. They all have periods in the workshop where they are paid to produce items for the shop. We can also arrange visits to local retired solicitor wbo offS advice prowlKJno usually solving debt and divorce issues. We have built a g(K)d selection of gardening tools that will be offered to a service user to belp th¢ local elderly community. Volunteers We would like to place on records our sincere thanks for the help and support of our volunteers without whom the charity would not be able to opernte in the way it does Page 2
Amazing Opportunities CIO Report of the Trustees For The Period 17 January 2025 to l January 2026 Achievements and perfoman¢e Fulldraising Ydctivities As soon as the ¢harity was fonned we launched an apF¢al for the first six months of 2025 to 480 grant giving iK>dies asking for their help to re*stablish our Charity Hub. We were gratehl to receive lts and donations from: The Alma Jean Henry Trust The Arch¢r Trust The Beldevere Tt Mr Colin Bennett The Donald Eric&8on Trust The Geoff Hill Foundation The Gordon Grdy Trust The Imagin¢ Foundation The National Lottery The Patrick TTUSt The Rowland Trust The Silver Laty Fund The Tula Tntst The Worcestershire Freemasons Relocating our Charity w&s onty wissibl¢ with the help of our very generous donors. our 5incetrst thanks to them all. Structureg governance and management Governing document The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trus¢ and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarnntee. as de[ed by the Companies Act 2006. Reference and administrative details Registered Company number CE038814 (England and Wales) Registered Charity number 1211744 Registered office 2 Old Street Upton Upon Severn Worcestershire WR8 OHA Trustees P K Reehal (appointed 17.1.25) C M Lee (apWInt 17.1.25) R C RaDdle (appointed 17.1.25) Ms S J Limbrick (appointed 1.9.25) Compally Seerelary Page 3
Amazing Opportunities CIO Report of the Trustees For The Period 17 January 2025 to l January 2026 Refer¢nee aud 2dmiDfi8lrgtive detsils Independeni Examitt¢r Allan Brown ( A& T Services Ltd) 18122 Churcll Street Malvern Worcestershire WR14 2AY Approved by order of the board of trust¢es on 28 April 2026 and signed on its behalf by.. C M - TNst¢e Page 4
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Amazing Opportunities CIO Independent examiner's report to ibe trtee9 of Amazing oprtunitieS CIO ('the Company,) report to the charity trus1¢¢5 on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the period 17 January 2025 to l January 2026. Responsibililies and basis of report As the charity's trnstees of the Company (and also its direciors for the purposes of company law) you ar¢ responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirem¢nts of the Companie5 Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act?. Having satisfied myself that the a¢¢ounts of the Company are not tEquired to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and arc eligible for indendent examination. I report in respect of n)y examination of your charity's accounts as Carried out under Scction 145 of the Charitles Act 2011 (he 2011 AcV}. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the2011 ACL llldependent examAner's stalement I have Completed my examittion. I wnfimi that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examittion giving me cause to believe: accounting r¢¢ords were noi kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 ACL or the accounts do not accord with those r¢wrds" or the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true a[ fair view which is not a tnatter considered as part of an independent ¢xatnination; or the accounts have not been prepared in accord8n¢¢ with the methods and principles of th¢ Statement of Recommend Prdctice for accounting and rcporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of hrland (FRS 102}). I have no wncerns and have come across no other matt¢rs in connection with the examination to which attention sho reached. Id b¢ drawn in this rew)rt in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be Philip Brown Allan Brown ( A& T Services Ltd) 18122 chh Street Malvern Worcestershire WR14 2AY 28 April 2026 Page 5
Amazing Opportunities CIO Statement of Financial Activities For The Period 17 January 2025 to l January 2026 Unrestricted fund Notes Income and elldowments from Donations aud l¢gacies 30,868 Other trading activities Investment income 3.412 Totsl 34.289 Expenditure on Raising funds 24.725 Charitable activiti¢s Donations 2,189 Total 26,914 NET INCOME 7J75 Totgl ndS Carried forward 7.375 The notes forni part of th¢se fmancial statements Page 6
. Amazing Opportunities CIO Balance Sheet l January 2026 Unrestri¢trd fund Notes Fixed assets Tangible a&sets 5,997 Current assets Stocks Debtors Cash at bank and in hand 2.500 3,138 2.950 8.588 Creditors Amounts falling due within one year (7,210) Net eurreDt assets 1,378 Total assets less current liabilitles 7,375 NET ASSETS 7J75 Funds Unrestricted fimds li 7,375 Total fund8 7.375 The charitable ¢ompany is entitled to exemption from audit under S¢ction 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the period ¢nded l January 2026. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial ststements for the period ended l January 2026 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. The trustees acknowledge their resN>nsiThilities for (a) ensuring that the ¢haritable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and (b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable Company as at the end of each financial year and of its 5Utplus or deficit for each fmancial year in ac¢ordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and whi¢h otherwise comply with the requirem¢nt5 of the Companies A¢1 2006 relating to finattcial statements. so far as applicable to the haritable company. The notes forn) part of these fmancial statements Page 7 continued...
Amazing OpportLmities CIO Balance Sheet - continued l January 2026 These fmancial statements have been prepared in accordan¢¢ with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime. The financial statements were approved by thc Board of Trustees and auth()ri5ed for issue on 28 April 2026 signed on its behalf by.. C M Lee- Trustee The notes forni part of these financial statements Page 8
Amazing Opportunities CIO Notes to the Financial Ststements For The Period 17 January 2025 to l January 2026 AccouwrtNG POLICIES Basis of preparing the fingnci418latements The fmancial statements of the charitablc company. wbich is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been pr¢pared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'A¢¢oullting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable tt) charities Preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard appli¢able in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective l Jattuary 2019}'. Financtal Reporting StaDdard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland, and the Companies Act 2(M)6. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost ¢onventiorL Income All illcome is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that thc income will be rcceived and the amount Can be measured reliably. Expenditure Liabilities are recognis¢d as expenditure as soon as ther¢ is a legal or constnjctive obligation Qommitting the chority to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be requir¢d in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accru&ls basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activvties on a basis CODSiStent with th¢ use of resources. Grants offered subject to conditions which have not be¢n met at th¢ year end date are noted as a commitment but Dot accrned as expenditure. Tangible rued assets tkpreciation is provided at the following annual rnt¢5 in order to writs off each asset over its estimated us¢ful life. S¢ock8 Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value. after making due allowan¢e for obsol¢te and slow moving items. Taxation The chartty is exempt from cortM)rntion t&x on its charitable activities. Fund accounting Unrestricted funds can be used in xwrdance with the charitable objectives at th¢ discretion of ihe stees. Restricted funds can onty be used for particular restricted purEMises within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particu]ar restricted purposes. Further explanation of the nature and purpose of eacb fiuKI is iocluded in the notes to the fmancial statements. Pagc 9 continued...
Amazing Opportunities CIO Notes to the Financial Statements - continued For The Period 17 January 2025 to l January 2026 ACCOUNTING POLICtES- continued Hire purchase &Dd leasing Commitments Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight lin¢ basis over the period of the lease. OTHER TRADING ACTIVTTIES Shop inco¢ 3.412 INVESTMENT INCOME Deposit account inlerest NET INCOMEI(EXPENDrruRE) Net incomel(exp¢nditure) is thted after Charnp](Crcditillg): Hire of plant and machinery Other operating leS 708 3,012 TRUSTEES, REMUNERATION AND BENEFrrs There were no trust¢es' remun¢ration or other benefits for the period ended l January 2026. Trnslees, expenses There were no trnstees, expenses paid for the peri(Kl ended l January 2026. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Motor vehicles Computer equipment Totals COST Additions 5,883 114 5,997 NET BOOK VALUE At l January 2026 5,883 5,997 Page 10 continued...
Aniazing Opportunities CIO Notes to the Financial Ststements - continued For The Period 17 January 2025 to l January 2026 STOCKS Stocks 2.500 DEBTOILS: AmOUs FALIJNG DUE wrrHIN OY4E YEAR VAT 3,138 CREDTtORS: AMOUNfs FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR Bank loans and ovudraft5 (see nol¢ 10) Trdde Creditors Other creditors 6.711 (i) 500 7.210 10. LOANS An analysis of the mthrity of108ns is given below: Amounts falling due within one year on denwid: Bank ov¢rdrafts 6,711 11. MOVEMENf IN FUNDS Net movement in funds At 1.1.26 UnregtrA¢ted funds Generdl fimd 7,375 7,375 TOTAL FifNDS 7,375 7,375 Net movement in funds. included in the abov¢ are a5 follows: IncoTning resources Resources expended Movement in funds Unrestricted funds General fund 34,289 (26,914) 7,375 TOTAL FUNDS 34.289 (26,914) 7,375 Pag¢ll continu¢d...
Amazing Opportunities CIO Notes to the Financial Statements - continued For The Period 17 January 2025 to l January 2026 12. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES There were no related party transactions for the period ended l January 2026. Page 12
Amazing Opportunities CIO Detailed Statement of Financial Activities For The Period 17 January 2025 to l January 2026 Income and endowments Donations and legacies Donations Grdnts 19.217 11.651 30,868 Other trading aetivities Shop income 3,412 Investment inwme Deposit a¢count interest Totsl incoming re8our¢es 34.289 Expenditure Other trading &etiYities Purchases W88¢S Closing stock 6.336 4,015 (2.500) 7.851 Charitsble activities Grants tr) individuals 1,816 Support costs Management Repairs and Maint¢twi¢e R¢nt IDsurdnce Telephone Postag¢ and stationery Advertising Sundries 708 3,012 439 2,387 4.210 831 4,002 15,589 Inforniation techDoIo Computer cosls 1,658 Totsl Tesources exnded 26,914 Net income 7.375 This page does not forn) part of the statutory financial statements Page 13