THE YEOVIL OPPORTUNITY GROUP

Registered charity 304693 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pre-school play group for children with special needs.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS BY OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES.

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.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £103,774, which the Trustees consider adequate to maintain operations for a minimum of 12 months even with significant funding reductions. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £18,033 for the year, supported by statutory income and grants, while noting risks related to future lease terms and funding rates.

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 5 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Yeovil Opportunity Group (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jane Lockchair
• SIMON ROWBOTTOM
• WENDY FRANCES MARY VINCENT

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

Operates in: Dorset · Somerset

Income and spending

Common questions

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).

Charities like this

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

• WILDERN OPPORTUNITY GROUP income £195k
• SHREWSBURY OPPORTUNITY GROUP income £109k
• THE OPPORTUNITY GROUP income £145k
• WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £132k
• ST. JOSEPH'S PRE-SCHOOL income £176k
• RADCLIFFE-ON-TRENT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £190k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.