FOREST OF DEAN CHILDREN'S OPPORTUNITY CENTRE
Registered charity 284975 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOREST OF DEAN OPPORTUNITY CENTRE
The Forest of Dean Children's Opportunity Centre has been running since 1982 and provides Care and Early Years Foundation Stage support for all children from birth to 5 years.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £26,544 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £325,547 to £299,003. The trustees identified uncertainty around grant funding as the main risk, noting that income cannot be guaranteed as most grants are made for one year only. Despite this, the trustees confirmed they have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Forest of Dean Children's Opportunity Centre (matched by registered charity number).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Gloucestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is FOREST OF DEAN CHILDREN'S OPPORTUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £26,544 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £325,547 to £299,003. The trustees identified uncertainty around grant funding as the main risk, noting that income cannot be guaranteed as most grants are made for one year only. Despite this, the trustees confirmed they have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds FOREST OF DEAN CHILDREN'S OPPORTUNITY CENTRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name FOREST OF DEAN CHILDREN'S OPPORTUNITY CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Shared trustees with funders
Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
Funders of similar charities
Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.
Charities like this
Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOREST OF DEAN GYMNASTIC CLUB.
Side by side with its peers
Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.