Registered charity · Suffolk

EYE Opportunity Group

EYE Opportunity Group is a registered charity (number 287907) based in Suffolk, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Nicholas Joy since 2024. Latest income £56k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

7 trustees
Income £56k (2025)

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does: Education/training, Disability, Recreation
Where: Norfolk, Suffolk
Registered: 1983

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£56k£67k
2024£93k£56k
2023£48k£51k

Earlier years

2022£45k£47k
2021£80k£43k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 64% · Government grants 28%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OF PRE-SCHOOL AGE.

Grants received

22 grants · £164,941 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

BBC Children in Need · £64,500 (4 grants)
Suffolk Community Foundation · £36,000 (10 grants)
The National Lottery Community Fund · £24,357 (3 grants)
Henry Smith Foundation · £14,000 (2 grants)
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £14,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002023-11-30
Masonic Charitable Foundation £12,0842022-12-21
BBC Children in Need £5002022-10-20
The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002022-08-05
BBC Children in Need £30,0002021-04-15

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

Nicholas Joy Chair since 2024
Adrian Paul Beatty since 2026
Alison Jane Carter since 2024
Bridget Hitchman since 2014
Caroline Boama since 2022
Jane Bright since 2019
Jane Helen Scott since 2019

4.9y median 4y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Bridget Hitchman since 2014
Jane Bright since 2019
Jane Helen Scott since 2019

4.9y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Nicholas Joy Chair since 2024
Adrian Paul Beatty since 2026
Alison Jane Carter since 2024
Bridget Hitchman since 2014
Caroline Boama since 2022
Jane Bright since 2019
Jane Helen Scott since 2019

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 7Education/training 7Recreation 7

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£56k latest income

92%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 287907
Status: Registered
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 23 JUNE 1983 AS AMENDED 5 SEPTEMBER 1983, 5 DECEMBER 1990, 7 NOVEMBER 2002, 5 AUGUST 2003 AND 12 NOVEMBER 2009. as amended on 07 Feb 2023
Contact on the register: 01379870975 · eyeopportunitygroup@btconnect.com
Edition: Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels: Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

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