CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From Perlod start date 1.4.24 To 31.3.25 Perlod end date Charity name:The Opportunty Group (Frome and Districl) Charlty registration number:294106 Objectives and Activities Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its ovemin document Sumrnary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the publi benefit, in particular, the activilies. projects or seNces identified in the accounts. Para 1.17 The Opportunity Group (Frome and District) TIA Frome Opportunty Nursery. established 1986 is a re-school for children. 11 currentty has 40 children on roll aged betsveen 2 and 4 years, who attend for a varying number of session5 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 parent5 to understand and provide for Ihe needs of their children through community groups and by: a) offering appropriate play facililres and training courses, together with the right of parents to tske responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of SU¢* groups. ensuring thal such groups offer opportunities for all children. regardless of race. culture. religion or means, and-, b) encouraging the study ofthe needs of suth 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 prtrschool playgroups association.At The Opportunity Group {Frome and District) our mission is'striving for Excellence in Early Years.. The Trustees acknowledge that as sorne of us are parents of children at The Opportunity Group (Frome and District) we have an Indire¢t benefit from the charity and thus conflict of inlerest arises in certain rcumstances. During the financial period. no discussions or decisions have taken place to which thg trustees have been conflicted. Para 1_17 aThJ Slatement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit Para 1.IB Scanned wlth cs '.15 Camscannerf,. Achlevements and Performance The Nursery ¢￿tinUeS lo provide a gc￿d level of progress in Ihe leaming and development of the Children so that they achieve the National SiaTrJards set by OFSTED and are prepared for their entry to mainstream education. The Trustees and Management Committee wrysh it to be placed on record that the success of The Opportunty Group (Frome and Dislrict) is attributable to the hard work of all the Staff of the Nuf5ery. Summary of the maln achièvements ol d￿rIty. identrtwng the difference the ¢harity'S work has made to the c4rcumslances of its benefiaaries and any l￿der benefits lo sttrety as a whole. P￿1 Financial Review Review of the charitys financial posilion at the end of the period Pwa 121 For the year ending March 2025, The Opportunity Group (Frome and District) received EYEIChild place fundinglfees in the sum of £143766 and delivered a surplus of expenditure over income over of £8,404 wlth total unrestricled funds carried fomard of £45.525 reserves. lus su lusldeficit The trustees aim to hold in cash reserves a ffigure of £22.500 (to cover the costs of salaries and outstanding bills for 3 months and restricted funds in the event of nursery dosing).At 31 March 2025 the cash reserves slood al £45.525 £49 275 NIA Slatement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held P* 122 Amount of reserves held Reasons for holding zero re5eFves Details of fund materially in deficit Explanation of any Un￿rtaintieS about the charity continuing as a going o?ncem Parn 1.22 Pwa 1.22 Para 124 NIA Para 123 NIA Scanned wlth cs '.15 Camscannerf,. Structurv. Gov•rnanc• •nd Management Irvili Pn125 vrfas 8d(4lt•d ffi 251h Marth 1986 ar#1 arneTh￿ cm 11th May 1992. Th• P•M ia (￿Sts￿￿ed? P•• 125 The TrLStees have the powef to 8le¢t new members *il do so *) accordance ¥￿th Ihe Consts'tulim Governing dcrf%menl..New truslees will bg rewiled In lh8 finandal perhyj from the exisling b850 arKI thè wlder comrnunty. induding detsls of consts'tijtional WOVISKW e.g. elec11￿ lo post w nanx of any Pers￿ (* txxty eniioed lo appoinl cr trustees Reference and Admlnlstratlve detalls Chari name Oiher name the cha uses Re istered chari number Charity's prinapal address The ni Grou Frome and Dislricl 294106 Wyvli le Road. Frome. Somersel. BA112BN 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) entltled to appoint trustee (If any) Andrew Marr Chalr Anna Rootes Socrotarysafo guarding Kelly Hollomon-Ley Treasurer From 3111012024 onwards Declarations Scanned wlth cs '.15 Camscannerf,. 81v￿d on b1￿11 ol th• thirfty• tru•l• 81gn•lurn(•1 f>.1.2 Full nam•(s) Anna Rootes Posltlon) Truslee Trustee Scanned wlth cs '.15 Camscannerf,. **Charity Name No (if any) Opportunity Group (Frome & District) 294106 Receipts and payments accounts** ## **CC16a** **For the period** Period start date **To** Period end date **from** 1.4.2024 3/31/2025 **Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Endowment Restricted funds Total funds Last year funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts** |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Fees/funding||**-**|**143,766-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**143,766-**|||**-**|**119,473-**|| |Grants||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||||| |Interest||**-**|**609-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**609-**|||**-**|**440-**|| |Fundraising||**-**|**597-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**597-**|||**-**|**36-**|| |Donations||||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||||| |MIiscDeposits/Refunds||||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**85-**|| |||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| |||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| |||**-**|**144,972-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**144,972-**|||**-**|**120,034-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||||||||||||||||| |**(see table).**||||||||||||||||||||| |||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||||| |||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| |**_Sub total_**||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| |||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **||**-**|**144,972-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**144,972-**|||**-**|**120,034-**|| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||||||||| |Wages/salaries||**-**|**105,411-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**105,411-**|||**-**|**104,692-**|| |HMRC||**-**|**11,234-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**11,234-**|||**-**|**7,882-**|| |Pensions||**-**|**4,909-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**4,909-**|||**-**|**5,006-**|| |consumables/equipment||**-**|**7,120-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**7,120-**|||**-**|**7,747-**|| |Maintenance/services||**-**|**4,396-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**4,396-**|||**-**|**4,615-**|| |Insurance/ofsted||**-**|**1,533-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**1,533-**|||**-**|**1,324-**|| |training||**-**|**178-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**178-**|||**-**|**784-**|| |Utilities/rates||**-**|**998-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**998-**|||**-**|**1,001-**|| |other/adjustment||**-**|**789-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**789-**|||**-**|**538-**|| |**_Sub total_ **||**-**|**136,568-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**136,568-**|||**-**|**133,589-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||||||||||| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||||||||||| |||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||||| |||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||||| |||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_ **||**-**|**136,568-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**136,568-**|||**-**|**133,589-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**-**|**8,404-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**8,404-**|||||| |**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**-**|**37,121-**|||**-**|**3,750-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**40,871-**|||**-**|**40,871-**|| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**-**|**45,525-**|||**-**|**3,750-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**49,275-**|||**-**|**40,871-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |||||||**Unrestricted**|||**Restricted funds**|**Restricted funds**||||**Endowment**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Categories**|**Details**||||**funds**||||||||**funds**|| |||||||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**|| |**B1**|**Cash funds**|Community Account|||**-**|**733-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| |||Business Saver Account|||**-**|**44,792-**|||**-**|**3,750-**|||**-**|**--**|| ||||||||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| |||**_Total cash funds_**|||**-**|**45,525-**|||**-**|**3,750-**|||**-**|**--**|| |||(agree balances with receipts and payments account
(s))|||OK||||OK||||OK||| |||||||**Unrestricted**|||**Restricted funds**|||||**Endowment**|| |||||||**funds**||||||||**funds**|| |||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**|| |**B2**|**Other monetary assets**||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1/8/2026 1 |||||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**| |||||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**| |||||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**| |||||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**||**-**|**--**| ||**Details**|||**Fund to which asset**
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all the trustees||Signature|||Print|Name||||Date of approval|| ||||||Mr Andrew|||Marr|||| ||||||||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 1/8/2026 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIANO thD WALES Independent examlnerfs report on tho accounts 8o¢tlon A Indopondont Examlnorf• Roport R•port to th• truil•o• Th¢0 On o¢counls lorlhe year ended Charlly no (11 any) 102 2qlklO Sol out on paBèS .'lTr -WyP." I report lo the truslees ￿ my examinalicm of the ac