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Opal Services (Rural West Cheshire)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £286k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Cheshire West & Chester
Website
WWW.OPALSERVICES.ORG.UK (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Opal Services (Rural West Cheshire)
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£286k£275k
  • 2024£223k£197k
  • 2023£171k£162k
Earlier years
  • 2022£159k£140k
  • 2021£142k£132k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 44%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONGST OLDER PEOPLE AND THEIR CARERS IN RURAL WEST CHESHIRE WHO ARE, OR COULD BE, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR AGE OR CIRCUMSTANCES. 2. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF OLDER PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED AND THEIR CARERS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE DIRECTORS THINK FIT.

Grants received

13 grants · £393,799 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

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,9802025-07-10
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £15,0002024-12-06
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £243,8192024-06-25
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-04-04
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002023-02-17
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.

11 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

11
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 11Arts and leisure 3Business services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£286k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1143753
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AS AMENDED ON 10 DEC 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05 MAY 2020
Companies House
Company number 07521625 · Active
Contact on the register
01829 733545 · contactus@opalservices.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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