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|Object|i|v|e|s and|Acti|viti|es|||
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||||||||SORP reference|||
|Summary||of||the purposes||of|Para 1.17|The Opportunity
Group (Frome and District)||
|the charity|||as set out||in its|||T/A Frome Opportunity
Nursery.
established||
|overnin||document||||||1986 is a
re-school for children.||
|Summary
ofthe main
activities
in relation to those|||||||Para 1.17and
1.19|It currently
has 43 children
on roll aged
between 2 and 4 years, who attend for a||
|purposes||for||the public||||varying
number ofsessions a week.||
|benefit,|in|particular,|||the|||The objectives ofThe Opportunity
Group||
|activities,||projects or|||services|||(Frome and District) are to enhance
the||
|identified||in the accounts.||||||development
and education
ofchildren||
|||||||||under statutory
school age by encouraging||
|||||||||parents to understand
and provide||
|||||||||for the needs oftheir 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 ofsuch||
|||||||||groups, ensuring
that such groups offer||
|||||||||opportunities
for all children,
regardless|of|
|||||||||race, culture,
religion or means, and; b)||
|||||||||encouraging
the study ofthe needs ofsuch||
|||||||||children
and their families and promoting||
|||||||||public interest
in and recognition
ofsuch||
|||||||||needs
in the local areas.c)investigating|and|
|||||||||adhering
to and furthering
the aim ofthe||
|||||||||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|||us are parents ofchildren at The Opportunity||
|had regard|||to the guidance|||||Group (Frome and District) we have an||
|issued by||the Charity||||||indirect benefit from the charity and thus|a|
|Commission||||on public||||conflict ofinterest arises
in certain||
|benefit||||||||circumstances.
During the financial
period,||
|||||||||no discussions
or decisions have taken||
|||||||||place to which the trustees
have||
|||||||||been conflicted.||
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|Achiev|ements
and Pe|rformance||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||SORP reference||||
||||The Nursery|continues
to provide a good||
||||level of progress
in the learning||and|
||||development|ofthe Children so that they||
|Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity,||Para 1.20|achieve the National
Standards
OFSTED and are prepared
for||set by
their entry to|
|identifying|the difference the||mainstream|education. The Trustees and||
|charity's|work has made to||Management|Committee
wish|it to be placed|
|the circumstances
of its|||on record that the success of The|||
|beneficiaries
and any wider|||Opportunity|Group (Frome and|District) is|
|benefits to society as a|||attributable|to the hard work of|all the Staff of|
|whole.|||the Nursery.|||
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|Finan|cial
Review|cial
Review|cial
Review||||||||
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|Review|ofthe charity's||||Para 1.21|For the year ending|||March 2023, The||
|financial|position|at|the end|||Opportunity
Group (Frome and District)|||||
|ofthe period||||||received|EYE/Child||place funding/fees|in the|
|||||||sum of5130,519||and delivered a deficit||of|
|||||||expenditure
over||income over ofF6,448 with|||
|||||||total unrestricted||funds carried forward||of|
|||||||650,555|reserves,||lus sur
lus/deficit||
|Statement
explaining|||the||Para 1.22|The trustees
aim||to|hold
in cash reserves a||
|policy for holding||reserves||||figure of|f22,500|(to cover the costs of|||
|stating|why they|are|held|||salaries|and outstanding
bills for 3 months||||
|||||||and restricted
funds|||in the event of nursery||
|||||||closing).|At 31 March 2022 the cash reserves||||
|||||||stood at|f54,305||||
|Amount|ofreserves||held||Para 1.22|654,305|||||
|Reasons for holding|||zero||Para 1.22|NIA|||||
|reserves|||||||||||
|Details|of fund materially|||in|Para 1.24|NIA|||||
|deficit|||||||||||
|Explanation
of any|||||Para 1.23|NIA|||||
|uncertainties
about the|||||||||||
|charity|continuing|as a going|||||||||
|concern|||||||||||
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|Description|ofcharity'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||
||||1986and amended
on 11th May 1992.The||
||||Constitution
Governing
Document
is being||
||||utilised||
|How is the charity||Para 1.25|||
|constituted?|||||
|Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|The Trustees have the power to elect new||
|including
details ofany|||members
and will do so in accordance||
|constitutional|provisions e.g.||with the Constitution
Governing||
|election to post or name of|||document. .New trustees
will be recruited|in|
|any person|or body entitled||the coming financial
period from the existing||
|to appoint one or more|||parent base and the wider community.||
|trustees|||||
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|Charit|name||||The 0|ortunit|Grou|Frome|and District|and District|
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|Other|name the chari|||uses|||||||
|Re istered charit|||number||294106||||||
|Charity's
principal
address|||||Wyville|Road,|Frome,|Somerset,|BA11 2BN||
|Names of||the|charity||trustees|who|manage the||charity||
||Trustee|name|||Office (ifany)||Dates|acted ifnot for||Name ofperson|
||||||||whole|year||(or body)|
|||||||||||entitled to|
|||||||||||appoint trustee|
|||||||||||(ifany)|
||Lisa-Jane Marie||||||||||
||Miles||||||||||
|2|Anna Rootes||||||||||
|3|Andrew|Marr|||||||||
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