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The Opal Foundation

The Opal Foundation is a registered charity (number 1068340) based in Crewe, governed by 1 trustee and chaired by Stuart Barrie Wall. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.

  • 1 trustee

Official record Charity Commission · updated 11th 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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 2 more
Where
Manchester City
Registered
1998

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024--
  • 2023--
  • 2022--
Earlier years
  • 2021--
  • 2020--

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

1. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.2. TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS EXHIBITIONS BURSARIES OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TENABLE IN ANY SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OR EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES TO PERSONS UNDER 25 YEARS OF AGE WHERE SUCH PERSONS ARE GENERALLY SUFFERING UNDER CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

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.

1 trustees on the board

0
trustees past 6 years
0y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

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company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1068340
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 6 JANUARY 1997, AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 23 NOVEMBER 2006.
Contact on the register
01477537837
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
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