PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT
Registered charity 1089951 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PROPS
The charity provides vocational training and social enterprise for young adults from 19 and over with special needs at our centre in Fishponds Bristol.
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £126,175 for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily due to investments in enterprise provisions and costs associated with a former senior employee. Per the trustees' report, free and unrestricted reserves fell to £76,788, which is below the stated policy target of three months' operating cost coverage, though the trustees aim to restore this level within two years.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £77k; policy: three months' operating costs)
“the Trustees made the decision to reduce Free and Unrestricted reserve levels to below that set out in reserves policy.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Haines Watts Swindon Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- BEATTIE, Keith Charles — director, appointed 08/08/2024on trustee list
- HAMILTON-JAMES, Matthew John — director, appointed 08/08/2024on trustee list
- LITTLE, Simon James — director, appointed 20/09/2019on trustee list
- DUTTON, Timothy Mark Somers — director, appointed 15/04/2019not on trustee list
- LEWIS, Sarah Jane — director, appointed 15/04/2019on trustee list
- SMITH, Kevin Archer — director, appointed 15/07/2011on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£26k
Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (72% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (18/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- KEVIN A SMITHchair
- Keith Charles Beattie
- Matthew John Hamilton-James
- Sarah Jane Lewis
- Simon Little
- Tim Dutton
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bristol City · South Gloucestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £126,175 for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily due to investments in enterprise provisions and costs associated with a former senior employee. Per the trustees' report, free and unrestricted reserves fell to £76,788, which is below the stated policy target of three months' operating cost coverage, though the trustees aim to restore this level within two years. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Haines Watts Swindon Limited.
Who funds PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT as a grant recipient include THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST.
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