THE OPPORTUNITY GROUP

Registered charity 294106 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FROME OPPORTUNITY GROUP, THE OPPORTUNITY GROUP FROME & DISTRICT

TO PROVIDE PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY CARE TO ALL CHILDREN IN A DEPRIVED AREA.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY: A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, TOGRTHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION OR MEANS. B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS. C) INVESTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FUTHERING THE AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts for the period were £144,972, with total payments amounting to £136,568, resulting in a net surplus of £8,404. Cash funds increased from £40,871 at the start of the period to £49,275 at the end. The document does not disclose any reserves policy, pension deficits, or trading subsidiaries.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andy Marr
• Anna Rootes
• Kelly Hollomon-Ley

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE YEOVIL OPPORTUNITY GROUP.

• THE YEOVIL OPPORTUNITY GROUP income £224k
• SHREWSBURY OPPORTUNITY GROUP income £109k
• WILDERN OPPORTUNITY GROUP income £195k
• HUGGLESCOTE PLAYGROUP income £206k
• ST JOSEPH'S CHILD CARE GROUP income £748k
• ACORN PLAYGROUP AND PRE-SCHOOL income £177k

Side by side with its peers

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