Annual Report for the year ended 31[st] March 2023 Charity number 304693 ## Contents Page 3 Who we are Page 4 People Page 5 - 6 Services & Support Page 7 - 9 View from the Trustees Page 10 Financial Review ## **Who we are** 01935 384157 email Kim@yog.org.uk Website www.yog.org.uk Yeovil Opportunity Group is a Registered Charity established in 1970. We are governed by a Constitution which was revised and accepted by the Charity Commission in 2010. Our charity number is **Our Bankers are:** 304693 Lloyds Bank plc 9, High Street The aim of the Group is to enhance the development and Yeovil BA20 1RN education of children irrespective of their race, culture, religion, means or ability and **Our independent examiner is** : in particular, those with additional needs. We offer PS Wellspring FCCA specialist Early Intervention support and are dedicated to 42, St Andrews Avenue giving children and their families extra help and support Weymouth DT3 5JS through the early years learning and development journey. ## **Public Interest** The Group is based in Yeovil at the Balidon Centre, on the Summerlands Hospital site. We are grateful to the Somerset Partnership for the provision of our facilities at a nominal cost and are very fortunate to have a safe and secure building. How the Group delivers its principal charitable aim is demonstrated in the rest of this report. The public benefit arising from our work is implicit in the services delivered and the education and support provided for children with additional needs to help them reach their potential, to the benefit of society as a whole as well as the children and their families. We provide all of our pre-school and transport services at a subsidised cost and the Rainbows Time Together Group, free of charge. **Our correspondence address is** : Yeovil Opportunity Group Balidon Centre Summerlands Hospital **Risk assessment** Preston Road Yeovil BA20 2BX The Trustees annually review the risks the Charity faces and takes appropriate ameliorative action where necessary. Page 3 ||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| |||||Colin Woolmington|Bus Driver||| |||**People**|||||| |||**Patron**
Graham Cole CBE||Our thanks go out to the amazing team of staf who have
worked tirelessly to ensure our children and families have|||| |||**Trustees**||the best possible start in life on their learning and
development journey.|||| |||Chair|Jane Lock|**Volunteers**|||| |||Treasurer|Simon Rowbottom|We are extremely grateful to our volunteers who|||| |||Trustees|Rachel Goodfellow
Julie Lewis|supplement the work of the staf team to great efect.
Without them the Group could not provide the services it
does.|||| ||||Wendy Vincent||||| ||||Dr Gabriela Fillon|**Students**|||| |||Secretary
Financial Advisor|Min Hodges
Simon Skipper|We are delighted to be able to regularly provide work
experience placements for students from local colleges and|||| |||||schools. We also|||| |||**YOG Team (2022/23)**||welcome medical students from YDH, with their Tutors on a|||| |||Kim Duller|CEO|regular basis.|||| |||Charlotte White|Head of SEND & Childcare||||| |||Manager|||||| |||Tracey Ward|Deputy Manager &||||| |||SENCo|||||| |||Jessica Jacobs|SEND Key Worker||||| |||Kaye Boucher|SEND Key Worker||||| |||Emily Gardiner|SEND Key Worker||||| |||Hayley Robinson|SEND Key Worker||||| |||Denise Watts|SEND Learning||||| |||Assistant|||||| |||Libby Irvine|SEND Apprentice||||| |||Sophia Burnard|Group Administrator||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| child we are working with, but the whole infrastructure of the family and their support network. Page 4 |**Services and Support**|Our children and families receive a range of services and
support they would not normally be able to access; the| |---|---| ||opportunity to be able to| |Yeovil Opportunity Group was the vision of a Consultant|have a positive start to their early learning and| |Paediatrician|development journey| |and a Speech and Language therapist 53 years ago who|and social beneft in terms of vulnerability and| |realised that children with special needs and disabilities|achievement.| |were not receiving|| |the learning & development support they needed in their|Additional support includes safeguarding, reduction and| |early years.|prevention of escalation to high levels of complex need and| ||intervention.| |Despite many changes over the past 53 years, YOG|| |continues to provide support for children and families, but|| |in a very diferent world to when|| |we frst started.|YOG supports children to be able to have a positive start to| ||their early education rather than fail at such an early age.| |Our main main aim is to provide “Early Intervention”|We also support families to become resilient, reducing the| |learning & development support for children with|likelihood of family breakdown and crisis.| |disabilities_and their families_
_._|| ||YOG provides a lifeline to many families when so many| |Some children may have as many as 12 professionals,|other support services have been reduced or cut and| |sometimes more, working with them and come to us with a|waiting lists continue to increase. Specialist Early| |range of needs including|Intervention is proven to increase the chances of success| |severe speech and language and communication|for both the child and family throughout their lives,| |difculties, physical disabilities, complex medical needs|including successful transition into school and**prevention**| |and life limiting conditions.|**of exclusion.**| |Our aim is also to work with the “whole” family as this|We work in partnership with an incredible number of| |majorly increases the chances of success, not just for the|professional services including the police, social services,| ||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| |||integrated therapies, the Somerset Council SEND team,|support our children, receive from the NHS Speech &||| |||various NHS teams and Somerset Safeguarding.|Language therapists we also employ a Speech & Language||| ||||therapist one morning a week to work||| |||**We currently provide 3 core services: -**|with our children, our staf team and parents.||| |||**Pre-school Sessions 18 months to 5**|**Family Support Services**||| ||||Whilst our aim is to ensure a smooth transition into school;||| |||We are open 5 mornings per week, during term time,|with some of the children going on to attend mainstream||| |||catering|school, our role is far more strategic, yet subtle. In the last||| |||for children aged 18 months to 5 years and Tuesday|year, with an increase in charity||| |||afternoon.|funding for direct family support, we have been able to||| ||||strengthen and expand the services we provide.||| |||We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum to|||| |||support and enhance the children’s development and|From day 1 at YOG, we provide support strategies which||| |||support their progress,|give parents the resilience they will need through their||| |||providing our children with a range of additional early|SEND journey and our role in Early Intervention is||| |||intervention strategies to support their individual needs.|fundamental to the success of that journey.||| |||Page 5|We ofer daily support to parents and carers, including||| |||We also encourage families to access their local
mainstream pre-school
on dual placement and work in partnership with these
settings to ensure the best possible learning and
development outcomes for the children.|signposting,
liaison with professionals, submitting referrals and EHCPs,
helping
parents with complex paperwork including housing, DLA
and applications for funding, to name a few. We regularly
Chair various meetings and||| |||YOG’s uniqueness stems from our incredibly strong working|act as advocates for our children and families.||| |||relationships with the many professionals who support our|||| |||children & their families.|Our door is always open and parents feel confdent that||| |||We provide a minimum ratio of 1:3, that being one|they can turn to any member of the team for support.||| |||qualifed SENCo Early Years’ practitioner per three children,
with most children receiving|Over the year we have worked directly with 28 families.||| |||1:1specialist intervention each day. To complement the|||| ||||||| ||||||| ## **Rainbows Time Together** View from the Trustees – achievements and Rainbows provides an opportunity for parents of babies and toddlers performance with additional needs, to meet together with staff & therapists & play “Great things are done by a series of small things with their children in a supportive environment. brought together” Vincent Van Gough The sessions focus on singing, access to our sensory room The Yeovil Opportunity Group may be a small charity but and tactile play. Children and their parents can access activities such as finger painting, water play and wet and we are ambitious and determined. Our overall goal is to provide dry sensory play without the worry of clearing up the critical afterwards. The group is small to enable us to offer Early Intervention for children with disabilities, which they individual attention to children and parents and there is so desperately need, and to support our parents and whole always an opportunity for group or 1:1 discussion during families on their increasingly demanding journey, ahead. the sessions and lots of family support. We have had a positive and pro-active year, providing Group numbers fluctuate as the children move into the incredible and life changing support to an ever increasing main group but over the year we have worked with 6 number of children and their families, but not without its families. We welcome children from Dorset as well as challenges. Somerset to both sessions. The trail of devastation caused by COVID continued to overwhelm external professional services. Waiting lists for Speech & Language, We are grateful to our many varied professional colleagues who work with the children and their families, and provide us with invaluable support. Heath Visitors, Integrated Therapy services, Portage, Consultant appointments and diagnosis and many other services provided by our partners increased; sometimes as much as 8 months, sometimes even longer. ## **Transport** We continued to provide subsidised transport for parents wishing to use our mini bus service. During 2022/23 we have provided transport for 5 children, who without transport would not have been able to access YOG. The age limits at which children were able to access some services was changed and this put a limit on what the Page 6 children were traditionally entitled to, and increased barriers placed on families who didn’t reach a particular ||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| |||threshold.|||| ||||Seeing and hearing the evidence frst hand from parents,||| ||||professionals and Managers from the other nurseries, really||| ||||bought home that capacity to meet the ever increasing||| ||||number of children who needed SEND support would be a||| ||||major challenge moving forward.||| ||||Page 7||| |||We have also seen a signifcant increase in the number of|||| |||concerns for family welfare and safeguarding cases.|In March 2023, the Government published its Special||| |||The level of bureaucracy increased, with the paperwork
needed by
families to obtain an EHCP, a healthcare assessment and
funding to support those children with the highest level of|Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative
Provision (AP) Improvement Plan.**Right Support, Right**
**Place, Right Time.**It set out bold proposals to deliver
generational change for a more inclusive system.||| |||need, quadrupling.|These bold plans were what YOG had been working||| |||We still feel the hangover from the closure of the GETSET
Family Centres, but with the help of a grant from the Rotary
Club and the Sherborne Car Fair, were able to fund
additional team capacity to provide increased family and
parental support to parents, on a day to day basis.|towards with its Centre of Excellence Vision since its
inception in 1973 and the Trustees
felt that at last, there was some hope that the work carried
out at YOG would be recognised and celebrated as best
practice.||| |||YOG’s greatest challenge was to provide stability, in a
turbulent time when every day seemed to be a battle for
parents and families to get specialist support.|We have defnitely achieved more recognition of the vital
role we play in SEND Early Intervention, but unfortunately
that recognition has not led
to any increased funding. In real terms our funding has||| |||The number of parents self-referring to YOG due to the lack
of capacity in mainstream nurseries increased, as well as
referrals from various agencies. On many occasions|signifcantly decreased due to funding rates from
government not keeping up with infation and,burdening
bureaucracy.||| |||parents told us that they had been turned away because
their child had SEND or settings could only provide reduced
hours.|YOGs aims are ambitions and fully align with the
Governments targets.
However, as a Charity we have constantly gone above and||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| |||beyond to achieve more than just “outcomes” for our|It was a tough year providing transport. We found it||| |||children. We pride ourselves|incredibly hard to recruit an experienced qualifed Mini bus||| |||on providing a holistic, individualised and “child, parent|driver, however with a generous bequest made specifcally||| |||and whole family” centred approach, which has an amazing|for transport, we will be able to purchase a smaller vehicle,||| |||impact on the journey and|still with wheelchair access, which will be easier to drive.||| |||future ability of our children and families to thrive.|||| ||||Our partnership with local specialist schools remains||| |||**Fulflling Children’s Potential:**We embrace each and|incredibly strong, however due the shortage in spaces we||| |||every child as an Individual. Led by a whole team of SEND|are seeing more children having||| |||Practioners, each child has a set|to travel further to access specialist education. We also||| |||of targets which are broken down in to the tiniest steps.|work in very close partnership with local mainstream||| |||Everyday small achievements are celebrated and shared|primary schools and are increasing the number of children||| |||with parents.|who are dual placing at pre-schools.||| ||||YOG continues to represent SEND Early Years on a number||| ||||of Boards in Somerset and Nationally & continues to lobby||| ||||for increased SEND support for children & families.||| ||||Representatives from YOG currently sit on the SENDIAS||| |||**Helping Parents and Families to Thrive:**On days|Board, The SEND Partnership Board, Early years||| |||where things don’t go so well we are open and transparent|Communities,||| |||with parents and work with them on strategies to help their|||| |||children, not only when they are at YOG, but also|||| |||at home. For example, providing one to one parenting|Page 8||| |||support, submission of Education, Health and Care Plans,|||| |||(EHCPs), child benefts, housing guidance, home/nursery
support strategies, emotional and mental health
support, signposting, acting as lead professional for Team
around the Family, Team around the Child and
safeguarding. Often most important from a family|YOG also represents the Early Years sector in Somerset on
the DFE/CQC panel to monitor the progress of the
Somerset Council SEND
Improvement Plan and Written Statement of Action (WSoA).||| |||perspective, just being here so parents can pick up the
phone to call, or pop in to have a cofee and someone to
talk to, who will listen.|The Trustees would like to thank the YOG team of staf,
volunteers and students who have all been magnifcent in
facing each new day with passion and positivity, never||| ||||giving up when times are tough, being||| ||||||| ||||||| flexible with a moment’s notice and always giving 100% to chances, as well as a longer term benefit to society. We will our children, parents and families. serve our community with courage and pride, keep lobbying for recognition on the vital importance and impact The number of nurseries unable to remain open due to specialist SEND Early Intervention provides and continue to financial be a life line for children, parents and families. pressure continues to rise and capacity moving forward is a major issue On behalf of the Trustees, I would like to thank everyone for the whole Early Years. It is readily reported and who is involved with YOG for their incredible support and acknowledged dedication to our SEND Families. that **those most likely to suffer are children with SEND.** ## Jane YOG will continue to fight to support for those children who have the highest level of need, however current statistics **Jane Lock** nationally, paint a **Chair of Trustees** gloomy picture: - One in 5 parents with a SEND Child report being turned away from a mainstream setting - 80% of settings feel that the new ratio changes will make it harder for them to support children with SEND - One year ago 27% of providers said they had no more spaces for children with SEND, with this going up to 57% once the new entitlements come out - 79% of settings have seen a significant rise in the number of children with SEND. 95% overall have seen a rise in the number of children with SEND Page 9 > YOG is evidence that specialist Early Intervention has a **Financial Review 2023 (Ending 31[st]** profoundly positive impact on a child and family’s life ## **March 2023)** The cost of living and inflationary rises in Early Years remains a major issue for the sustainability of the Early Year’s sector. The minimum wage has increased by 45% since 2016, whilst the Early Years 15 hours’ entitlement for 4-5 year olds has only increased by 12%. Our main sources of funding during 2023 were from Somerset Council in the form of the 15 hours’ entitlement and High Needs funding which totalled £88,986; Session and transport fees of £3,557, training support grants £3,000 and the provision of support services to the Somerset SEND team, £1,549. Expenses totalled £132,183 of which £115,043 represented our wage costs. ## **Supporters in our Financial year 2023** - Somerset Community Foundation - Sherborne Castle Fair - Brympton Parish Council - Yeovil Town Council - Yeovil Without - Sherborne Car Festival - Various Individuals & Organisations £34,450 was raised through donations, grants and fundraising. ## **Reserves Policy** The unrestricted reserves of the Group that were freely available **We are massively grateful to our all of our supporters who have given us grants, to our families, friends and our own team who tirelessly fundraise and to those individuals who support us through monthly donations and general donations.** for charity use at the year-end were £70,262 The Trustees consider a significant proportion of these are required for working revenue. The target is to maintain adequate reserves to enable the Group to continue running for a minimum 12 months, even if there is a significant reduction in funding. Page 10 **Charity Number: 304693** ## **Yeovil Opportunity Group** **Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2023** ## **Yeovil Opportunity Group** ## **Index to the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023** |Reference and Administrative information
Report of the Independent Examiner
Statement of Financial Activities
Balance Sheet
Notes to the financial statements|**Page**| |---|---| ||1
2
3
4
5 - 9| **Yeovil Opportunity Group** |**Charity Number**
**Trustees**
**Business Manager**
**Correspondence**
**address:**
**Web site**
**Telephone**
**Bankers**
**Independent**
**examiner:**|304693
Chairman:
Mrs J Lock
Treasurer:
Mr S. Rowbottom
Trustees
Dr G Fillon
Mrs R Goodfellow
Mrs J Lewis
Mrs W. Vincent
Ms K Duller
The Balidon Centre
Summerlands Hospital
Preston Road
Yeovil
Somerset
BA20 2BX
www.yog.org.uk
01935 384157
Lloyds Plc
9 High Street
Yeovil
Somerset
BA20 1RN
PS Wellspring FCCA
42 St.Andrews Avenue
Weymouth
Dorset
DT3 5JS| |---|---| **-1-** ## **Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of Yeovil Opportunity Group** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 March 2023, which are set out on pages 3 to 9. ## **Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner** As the charity trustees of YOG you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act). I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under Section 145 of the 2011 Act; - to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Independent Examiner's Statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or - the accounts do not accord with those records: or - the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of the accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirements that the accounts give a "true and fair view" which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 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. Paul S Wellspring FCCA 42 St. Andrews Avenue Weymouth Dorset DT3 5JS Date: …............................ -2- ## **Yeovil Opportunity Group** ## **Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses) for the year ended 31 March 2023** |**Note**
**Income and endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
Incoming resources from activities
**4**
Income from Investments
**5**
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
**6**
Charitable activities
**7**
**Total expenditure**
**Net income/(expenditure) before transfers**
**Transfer between funds**
**15**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**
**15**
**Note**
**Income and endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
Incoming resources from activities
**4**
Income from Investments
**5**
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
**6**
Charitable activities
**7**
**Total expenditure**
**Net income/(expenditure) before transfers**
**Transfer between funds**
**15**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**
**15**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
34,450
97,371
95
131,916
765
132,183
132,948
(1,032)
-
70,262
69,230
9,318
64,919
3
74,240
216
96,249
96,465
(22,225)
-
(22,225)
92,487
70,262|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
602
602
(602)
-
5,641
5,039
1,000
-
-
1,000
-
733
733
267
-
267
5,374
5,641|**Total**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
34,450
97,371
95
131,916
765
132,785
133,550
(1,634)
-
75,903
74,269
**2022**
**£**
10,318
64,919
3
75,240
216
96,982
97,198
(21,958)
-
(21,958)
97,861
75,903| |---|---|---|---| All of the Charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods. The funds breakdown for 2022 is shown in note 15 **-3-** ## **Yeovil Opportunity Group** **(Registration number: 304693)** ## **Balance Sheet** ## **As at 31 March 2023** |**Note**
**Fixed Assets**
Tangible fixed assets
**9**
**Current Assets**
Debtors
**10**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Current liabilities**
Amounts falling due within one year
**11**
Net current assets
**Net assets**
**Represented by:**
**Funds:**
Restricted funds
**15**
Unrestricted funds, including Designated funds
**15**
**Total funds**|**£**
**£**
6,676
1,467
68,093
69,560
(1,967)
67,593
74,269
5,039
69,230
74,269
-
**2023**|**£**
**£**
10,481
1,092
65,391
66,483
(1,061)
65,422
75,903
5,641
70,262
75,903
-
**2022**| |---|---|---| The financial statements on pages 3 - 9 were approved by the Trustees, and authorised for issue on 5 March 2024 and signed on their behalf by: Simon Rowbottom Trustee **-4-** ## **Yeovil Opportunity Group** ## **Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023** ## **1 Accounting policies** ## **General information and basis of accounting** - Yeovil Opportunity Group is an unincorporated registered charity governed by a revised constitution dated 30 November 2009. Details of the Trustees and contact details are shown on page 1. - The principle accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated. - The financial statements have been prepared under the historic cost convention. They have been prepared in accordance with 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP)' applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) effective from 1 January 2015 - Charities SORP (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006. - The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS102. - The Trustees consider there are no material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern. ## **Cash flow statement** The charity has taken advantage of exemptions available to it and therefore has not prepared a cash flow report. ## **Income recognition** - All income is recognised once the Charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably. - Donations and gifts are included in full in the Statement of Financial Activities when receivable. - Investment income is recognised on a receivable basis and is shown gross of income tax recovered and recoverable. Other income is accounted for on the basis of amounts receivable for the year. - In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), unpaid general volunteer time is not recognised in the financial statements. ## **Expenditure** - All expenditure is recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the Charity to that expenditure, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. - [All expenditure is accounted for on the accruals basis, inclusive of irrecoverable VAT.] **Raising funds -** These are costs incurred in attracting voluntary income, the management of investments and those incurred in trading activities that raise funds. **Charitable activities -** Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the Charity in delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them. ## **Tangible fixed assets** Fixed assets are recorded at cost plus any incidental expenses of acquisition. Where fixed assets are donated, they are stated at their estimated market value on acquisition. Depreciation is provided on fixed assets based on the estimated useful life of the asset and their anticipated residual value, as follows: |**Asset**|**Depreciation**| |---|---| |Leasehold property improvements|10 years straight line| |Mini bus|25% reducing balance| |Office equipment|25% reducing balance| |Furniture, equipment & toys|15% reducing balance| **-5-** ## **Yeovil Opportunity Group** ## **Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023** ## **1 Accounting policies (Cont.) Debtors** Prepayments are valued at the amount paid in advance for goods and services provided to the charity. ## **Cash at bank and in hand** Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value. ## **Creditors** Trade creditors are stated at the original invoiced amounts. ## **Fund accounting policy** - Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustee's discretion in the furtherance of the objectives of the charity. - Designated funds are unrestricted funds set aside at the discretion of the trustees for specific purposes. - Restricted funds are those donated for the use in a particular area or for specific purposes, the use of which is restricted to the that area or purpose. - Further details of each fund are disclosed in note 15. ## **2 Taxation** - The Group is a registered charity and accordingly is exempt from taxation on it's income where they are applied for charitable purposes. - The charity is not registered for VAT and is therefore unable to recover VAT on any expenditure it incurs. |**3**
**Donations and legacies**
Donations
Somerset Community Foundation
Sherborne Castle Fair
Sherborne Car rally
Yeovil Town Council
Yeovil without Parish Council
Brympton Parish Council
Masonic Lodge
Tesco/Groundworks UK
Various individuals and organisations,
being below £1,000 each
**4**
**Incoming resources from activities**
Income from fund raising activities
Session & transport fees (Parents)
Session fees, including HNF (SCC)
Training support grants
Provision of support services to SCC
Covid support grant|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
12,598
1,200
10,000
2,500
2,000
1,000
-
-
5,152
34,450
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
279
3,557
88,986
3,000
1,549
-
97,371|**Restricted**
**funds**
-
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-|**2023**
**£**
12,598
1,200
10,000
2,500
2,000
1,000
-
-
5,152
34,450
**2023**
**£**
279
3,557
88,986
3,000
1,549
-
97,371|**2022**
**£**
3,500
-
-
-
-
2,000
1,000
3,818
10,318
**2022**
**£**
57
1,431
59,268
2,000
2,163
64,919| |---|---|---|---|---| **-6-** ## **Yeovil Opportunity Group** ## **Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023** |**5**
**Income from Investments**
Bank deposit interest
**6**
**Raising funds**
Cost of generating income
**7**
**Charitable activities**
**Provision of playgroup facilities**
Session expenses and refreshments
Wages & National insurance costs (Inc pensions)
Speech therapist
Insurance
Rent
Staff training
Staff travel costs
Repairs and renewals
Depreciation
Mini bus running costs
Mini bus Depreciation
**Governance costs**
Office costs
Professional fees
Sundry expenses
Trustees expenses|95
765
513
115,043
3,250
583
983
422
7
367
3,964
2,779
2,939
885
448
-
132,183|-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
267
-
335
-
-
-
-
602|95
765
513
115,043
3,250
583
983
422
7
367
4,231
2,779
335
2,939
885
448
-
132,785|3
216
132
85,892
1,460
566
955
240
95
-
4,140
1,053
446
1,503
450
50
-
96,982| |---|---|---|---|---| ## **8 Staff costs** No employee received emoluments a rate in excess of £60,000 during the year (2022 - None). The average number of part time employees for the year was 7 (2022 - 5) |**9**
**Tangible Fixed Assets**
**Leasehold**
**Improvements**
**£**
**Cost**
As at 1 April 2022
15,502
Additions
-
Disposals
-
As at 31 March 2023
15,502
**Depreciation**
As at 1 April 2022
14,105
Charge for the year
696
Disposals
-
As at 31 March 2023
14,801
**Net book values**
As at 31 March 2023
701
As at 31 March 2022
1,397|**Furniture,**
**Mini Bus**
**Equip & Toys**
**£**
**£**
31,687
41,013
-
-
-
-
31,687
41,013
30,348
34,191
335
3,114
-
-
30,683
37,305
1,004
3,708
1,339
6,822|**Office**
**equipment**
**£**
5,969
761
-
6,730
5,046
421
-
5,467
1,263
923|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
94,171
761
-
94,932
83,690
4,566
-
88,256
6,676
10,481| |---|---|---|---| **-7-** ## **Yeovil Opportunity Group** ## **Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023** ## **10 Debtors - due within one year** |**10**
**Debtors - due within one year**
Prepayments
**11**
**Creditors and accruals**
Creditors
PAYE|**2023**
**£**
1,467
**2023**
**£**
304
1,663
1,967|**2022**
**£**
1,092
**2022**
**£**
305
756
1,061| |---|---|---| ## **12 Related parties** ## **Controlling entity** The charity is controlled by the Trustees. No Trustee, or any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year. (2022 £nil). No expenses were paid to any trustee during the year. |**13**
**Reconciliation of movement in funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
Opening funds at 1 April 2022
70,262
Operating surplus/(deficit)
(1,032)
Closing funds at 31 March 2023
69,230
**14**
**Analysis of net assets between funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
Fixed Assets
4,862
Current assets
66,335
Current liabilities
(1,967)
69,230|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
5,641
(602)
5,039
**Restricted**
**funds**
1,814
3,225
-
5,039|**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
75,903
(1,634)
74,269
**Total**
**Funds**
6,676
69,560
(1,967)
74,269| |---|---|---| |**15**
**Summary of funds**
**Restricted funds**
Outdoor play equipment
Time together
Kitchen equipment
Sensory room
Sunshine Mini Bus
**Unrestricted /designated funds**
Designated
General
**Total funds**|**Opening**
**funds**
**£**
1,825
308
144
300
3,064
5,641
35,790
34,472
70,262
**75,903**|**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
131,916
131,916
**131,916**|**Resources**
**expended**
**£**
(49)
(46)
(22)
(150)
(335)
(602)
-
(132,948)
(132,948)
**(133,550)**|**Transfers**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,852
(4,852)
-
**-**|**Closing**
**funds**
**£**
1,776
262
122
150
2,729
5,039
40,642
28,588
69,230
**74,269**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| **-8-** ## **Yeovil Opportunity Group** ## **Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023** ## **Restricted Funds** - l **Outdoor play equipment -** being funds raised to update the outdoor play equipment - l **Sensory room -** being funds raised toward the cost of upgrading the sensory room - l **Sunshine Mini bus -** being funds provided by the Variety Club of Great Britain towards the mini bus purchased in 2011 **-9-**