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OPAL Services (Rural West Cheshire)

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1143753CheshireHealth and saving lives
Income£286k2025-03-31
Spending£275ksame year
Spent / received92%5-year average
Size in its cause77th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2011Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

OPAL Services (Rural West Cheshire) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07521625). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, OPAL Services (Rural West Cheshire) reported income of £286k and spending of £275k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £142k to £286k (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, OPAL Services (Rural West Cheshire) sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Amateurs Trust (£286k), Mo1 Youths (£286k) and United Kingdom Association for Transactional Analysis (£286k).

Income and spending

£0£71k£143k£214k£286k2021 Income: £141,8422021 Spending: £132,26120212022 Income: £159,4432022 Spending: £140,35320222023 Income: £171,0372023 Spending: £162,22720232024 Income: £222,9262024 Spending: £197,04020242025 Income: £285,7062025 Spending: £274,9942025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Improving the well-being of older people who are in need of social inclusion because they are housebound or socially isolated, through 1) OPAL Clubs operating in Frodsham, Helsby, Kelsall, Malpas, Tarporley and Tattenhall; 2) Providing community inclusion services; 3) Providing breaks for carers of older people in rural areas; 4) Helping older people use the internet.

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