Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 1

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Very static board: -5
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -3

BLANDFORD OPPORTUNITY GROUP

Blandford Opportunity Group is a pre-school playgroup for babies and children with special needs and disabilities. Regulated by Ofsted, we provide support for children from birth to 5 years, and for parents and carers. Sessions are held during term time in facilities which include a sensory room, playroom, family room and a wheelchair access disabled toilet.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Established: 30 years

https://blandfordopportunitygroup.co.uk

blandfordoppgrp@talktalk.net

01258456187

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/22	*	£222	£132	£90	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/08/21	*	£143	£126	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/08/20		£120	£108	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/08/19	*	£110	£90	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/08/18		£92	£76	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	5
31/08/17		£63	£64	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16		£70	£51	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15		£79	£49	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14	*	£38	£52	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13	*	£35	£49	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12	*	£86	£54	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11		£66	£63	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/10	*	£55	£41	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/09		£64	£34	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/08		£43	£39	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/07		£38	£42	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/06		£39	£35	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/05		£25	£27	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/04		£28	£32	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Dorset,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Blandford Opportunity Group
£30,000	10/08/2017 36	This project will support disabled children aged 0-4 at its pre-school by providing a variety of activities This will help the children achieve their milestones, increase independence and improve ....more This project will support disabled children aged 0-4 at its pre-school by providing a variety of activities This will help the children achieve their milestones, increase independence and improve confidence.
Somerset Community Foundation - expansion
£3,850	15/07/2016 6	Additional sessions for sessions for children with speech and language problems

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

COLIN ROBERT STEVENS (Chair) Appointed: 2012

NICOLA ROPER Appointed: 2013

SHARON ELAINE CRIPPS Appointed: 2013

STEPHEN HITCHINGS Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/11/1993, number: 1027771

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR22: 263 days late, AR21: 21 days late, AR19: 49 days late, AR14: 163 days late, AR13: 173 days late, AR12: 147 days late, AR10: 52 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from PIMPERNE PRE-SCHOOL on 24/02/2022

Main office

WILLIAMS OPPORTUNITY HALL
WHITE CLIFF GARDENS
BLANDFORD FORUM
DORSET
DT11 7BU

Objectives

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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