## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date 1.4.20 To 31.3.21 Period end date** **Charity name:** The Opportunity Group (Frome and District) ## **Charity registration number:** 294106 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The Opportunity Group (Frome and District)
T/A Frome Opportunity Nursery which was
established 36 years ago, is a pre-school for
children.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|It currently has 43 children on roll aged
between 2 and 4 years, who attend for a
varying number of sessions a week.
The objectives of The Opportunity Group
(Frome and District) are to enhance the
development and education of children
under statutory school age by encouraging
parents to understand and provide
for the needs of their children through
community groups and by:
a) offering appropriate play facilities and
training courses, together with the right of
parents to take responsibility for and to
become involved in the activities of such
groups, ensuring that such groups offer
opportunities for all children, regardless of
race, culture, religion or means, and; b)
encouraging the study of the needs of such
children and their families and promoting
public interest in and recognition of such
needs in the local areas.c) investigating and
adhering to and furthering the aim of the pre-
school playgroups association.At The
Opportunity Group (Frome and District) our
mission is ‘Striving for Excellence in Early
Years’.| |Statement confirming|Para 1.18|The Trustees acknowledge that as some of| ||whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit||us are parents of children at The Opportunity
Group (Frome and District) we have an
indirect benefit from the charity and thus a
conflict of interest arises in certain
circumstances. During the financial period,
no discussions or decisions have taken
place to which the trustees have
been conflicted.|| |---|---|---|---|---| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The Nursery continues to provide a good
level of progress in the learning and
development of the Children so that they
achieve the National Standards set by
OFSTED and are prepared for their entry to
mainstream education. The Trustees and
Management Committee wish it to be placed
on record that the success of The
Opportunity Group (Frome and District) is
attributable to the hard work of all the Staff of
the Nursery.| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|For the year ending March 2020, The
Opportunity Group (Frome and District)
received EYE/Child place funding/fees in the
sum of £110,954 and delivered a deficit of
expenditure over income over of £35 with
total unrestricted funds carried forward of
£43,144 (reserves, plus surplus/deficit**)**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The trustees aim to hold in cash reserves a
figure of £22,500 (to cover the costs of
salaries and outstanding bills for 3 months
and restricted funds in the event of nursery
closing).At 31 March 2021 the cash reserves| |||stood at £46,894| |---|---|---| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£46,894| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|The Opportunity Group (Frome and District)
is governed by a Constitution. The
Constitution was adopted on 25th March
1986 and amended on 11th May 1992. The
Constitution Governing Document is being
utilised| |How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|The Trustees have the power to elect new
members and will do so in accordance
with the Constitution Governing
document..New trustees will be recruited in
the coming financial period from the existing
parent base and the wider community.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Opportunity Group (Frome and District)| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|294106| |Charity’s principal address|Wyville Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2BN| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person**
**(or body)**
**entitled to**
**appoint trustee**
**(if any)**| |---|---|---|---| |Lisa-Jane Marie
Miles|||| |Anna Rootes|||| |Kate Eve Baggs||Resigned November
2020|| |**4**|Andrew Marr|||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**5**|Catherine Louise
Grierson||Resigned November
2020|| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Andrew Marr
Position)
Trustee
**----- End of picture text -----**
**Opportunity Group (Frome & District) No (if any) 294106** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **CC16a** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01.04.2020 31.03.2021 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**
Fees/Funding
**102,567**
Grants
**6,300**
Interest
**26**
Fundraising
**2,061**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**110,954**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 110,954**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**102,567**
**6,300**
**26**
**2,061**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**110,954**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**110,954**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**119,548**| |||||**-**| |||||**91**| |||||**461**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**120,100**| |||||| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**|**110,954**|**120,100**| |**A3 Payments**
Wages/Salaries
**91,904**
HMRC
**1,226**
Pensions
**5,305**
Consumables & Equipment
**6,050**|**A3 Payments**
Wages/Salaries
**91,904**
HMRC
**1,226**
Pensions
**5,305**
Consumables & Equipment
**6,050**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**91,904**
**1,226**
**5,305**
**6,050**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |
Wages/Salaries|**91,904**|**-**|**-**|**91,904**|**92,610**| |HMRC|**1,226**|**-**|**-**|**1,226**|**7,715**| |Pensions|**5,305**|**-**|**-**|**5,305**|**5,921**| |Consumables & Equipment|**6,050**|**-**|**-**|**6,050**|**7,087**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 05/30/2024 1 |Maintenance &Services|**2,872**||**-**||**-**||**2,872**||**2,589**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Insurance/Ofsted|**1,717**||**-**||**-**||**1,717**||**35**| |Training|**719**||**-**||**-**||**719**||**228**| |Utilities & Rates|**960**||**-**||**-**||**960**||**1,865**| |Other/adjusment|**236**||**-**||**-**||**236**||**1,526**| |**_Sub total_**|**110,989**||**-**||**-**||**110,989**||**119,576**| |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||||||||||| |||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**|||||| |||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_ **||**110,989**||||**-**|||||**-**||||**110,989**||||**119,576**|| |||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**- 35**||||**-**||||**-**|||||**- 35**||||**524**|| |**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**43,179**||||**3,750**||||**-**|||||**46,929**||||**46,404**|| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**43,144**||||**3,750**||||**-**|||||**46,894**||||**46,928**|| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**10,025**
**33,119**
**-**
**43,144**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Agreement Error
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**Endowment**
**funds**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 05/30/2024 2 |**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**
**Details**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** |**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| |---|---|---|---| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 05/30/2024 3 ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |**Details**
Signature|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Andrew Marr
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**When due**
**(optional)**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||Date of
approval| ||Andrew Marr|30.5.24| |||| CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 05/30/2024 4 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to the trusteesl members of The Opportunity Group (Frorne and DistriGt} On accounts for the year ended 2021 Charity no Ifan 294106 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {°the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and basis As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the of report accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 {llhe Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I hav8 followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145151(b) ofthe Act. Independent examiner's I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act., or the accounts did nol accord with the accounting records., or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examinalion. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete Ihe words in the brackets if they do not apply. Date: 28. 05. 1 Slgned: Name: Crai Pocock Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (If any): Address: CWTÉ&*O •f ni& iv4mivf£ oé Estune, 151 Lon Lon Ashton Bristol BS419JQ Ashton Road IER October 2018 Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32. Independent examination of charity aGcounts= directions and guidance for examiners). Give here details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018