**Annual Report 2021/22** (For the year ended 31[st] March 2022) ## **Post Pandemic: The Return Journey** OPAL Services (Rural West Cheshire), P.O.Box 161, Whitchurch, SY13 9BG. OPAL Services (Rural West Cheshire) is a company limited by guarantee; registered charity no. 1143753; registered company no. 7521625. Registered office: 18 Utkinton Road, Tarporley, Cheshire CW6 0HS. ## **Contents** P3 Message from our Chair P4 Message from our incoming Chair P5 Key actions P6-9 Our OPAL year P10 Our volunteers P11 Our partners P12-13 Funding & fundraising P14 Structure & team P15-16 OPAL money matters P17-19 Our financial statements P20 Company information ## **Our statement of purpose** 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. ## **A message from Jane Colville, Chair of the Board of Trustees** Last year saw OPAL rebuilding its services as the pandemic receded. Whilst our COVID safety measures meant that progress was interrupted we did persist so that by September all our services were in operation and the numbers using them was rising slowly. This however was thwarted fairly frequently by the virus that would select a member of staff, volunteer or member to infect so that they and often others were prevented from going about their normal OPAL business. It became necessary for all to think on their feet and have contingency plans to fall back on. This was a frustrating period requiring many reviews of safety measures and guidance. During 21/22 we said goodbye to Sam Moggan, our Tarporley Club Organiser and Communications Officer. Sam had brought much to OPAL and has been missed. We welcomed three new staff, Joy Walker and Maria Hudson who joined our carer support services team and Joanne Patel who was appointed as Club Organiser for Tarporley and is providing some additional support to carers. They have joined a strong and talented staff team which we are very proud of. Our Board of Trustees has been strengthened with the appointment in June of Lesley Gough who has since taken on the role of Secretary and Kevin Bradburne who brings with him extensive experience of work with young people and as a magistrate. We have also appointed Juliet Compston who brings with her experience in event management and fundraising which will be extremely useful. Early in 2022 we were delighted to be approached by Geoff Hope-Terry who was aware we were seeking a replacement Chair and was willing to be considered for this. As a result, Geoff who is now a Trustee is to take over the role of Chair from me in July 2022. OPAL will continue with a strong Board of Trustees who between them have many skills and strengths. In June 2021 we said goodbye to Philip Hearfield who had been our Secretary and who supported us well through the pandemic. John Webb who had been a Trustee from the inception of OPAL left at the end of March 22 and we are very appreciative of all he has offered the organisation over a ten year period. Our volunteers continue to impress with their loyalty and commitment and although the last two years have seen a reduction in numbers this was to be expected and the recruitment of new volunteers has happily continued. Before I hand over to Geoff to add a few words, I’d like to express my pleasure to have been able to work with all involved in OPAL, whether as a fellow trustee, member of staff, volunteer, member, funder or supporter. It has been a positive and rewarding experience and though exhausting at times, one I have no regrets whatsoever. ## **Jane Colville** ## **A message from Geoff Hope-Terry, incoming Chair of the Board of Trustees** When I made enquiries about OPAL, before deciding to apply to join the Board, I was struck by one thing; everyone said it what a great organisation it was. I quickly understood why. The frontline volunteers, supported by the staff team and my fellow Trustees, all pull together to ensure that our lovely Members receive the wonderful kind of experience that they deserve. I approach my new role with a large amount of pride, mixed with an equal measure of trepidation. The reason is that Jane is, to quote everyone who knows her, “an impossible act to follow.” She has been in OPAL for more than 10 years and her commitment is second to none. If I try to measure myself against her, I know I will fall short, but I believe I bring some different skills that will be of benefit. As I look ahead to the coming year, I have to recognise that we face a number of challenges, particularly in relation to our income levels following changes in the funding available for our Clubs. However, the Board has been quick to acknowledge the problem and start drawing up recovery plans. We have strong reserves and I’m confident that we will be able to continue to run our services, which are so important to the lives of rural West Cheshire’s elderly residents. ## **Geoff Hope-Terry** ## **Key actions from the last annual report** |**Action**|**Status**|**Comments**| |---|---|---| |Re-establish services which involve
face to face contact in a COVID
secure way||Completed through a gradual process
during 21-22| |Maintain a range of remote services
which are available to those unable
or unwilling to leave their own homes||Provided alongside the face-to-face
services as they have re-opened in 21-22| |Develop training plans for staff,
volunteers and trustees||A range of training opportunities are now
offered which will form part of a
comprehensive training plan| |Explore the possibility of providing an
improved service for older people
with dementia and their carers living
in rural west Cheshire|_Ongoing_|Training offered to staff and volunteers
and will be part of a review of members
views on services in 22-23| |Further develop our Branching Out
service||Now extending beyond Frodsham, Helsby
and Farndon with new locations being
developed in Kelsall and potentially
Malpas| |Establish our OPAL InTouch service
working alongside OPAL Go Online||The two services now operate together
successfully| ## **Key actions for 2021/22** - ➢ Successfully hand over the Chair from Jane Colville to Geoff Hope-Terry - ➢ Streamline our structure, post COVID - ➢ Work with CW&C to remodel our services in line with their new commissioning strategies - ➢ Secure OPAL’s future during a period of constraints on existing funding streams - ➢ Appoint a Communications Officer and expand the awareness of OPAL and its services - ➢ Build the number of trained and active Volunteers to its pre-pandemic levels - ➢ Ask the Members what services they would need and like, and plan accordingly - ➢ Produce a new 3-Year Plan ## **Our OPAL year: April 2021 – March 2022** **----- Start of picture text -----**
April 2021
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- •Outdoor face to face meetings with members took place. - •A volunteer survey showed significant number of volunteers wishing to step down or step back from pre-pandemic volunteer roles. - •COVID risk assessments for all OPAL services were undertaken to support re-opening. - •Work with venues prior to reopening services in a 'COVID Safe' way and planning for smaller shorter face to face sessions. - •Volunteer led Zoom sessions take off successfully as another way of keeping in touch! - May 2021 They included coffee mornings, knitting, crafts and reading groups. **----- Start of picture text -----**
June 2021
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- •Outdoor face to face services commenced; included shorter and smaller gatherings, garden visits and social strolls. - •Volunteers' Week 1-7 June with newsletter and 'thank you' video. - •Carers Week 8-14 June featured outdoor information events in Tiverton, Ellesmere Port and Winsford. - •OPAL in Touch launched for those with no technology experience. - •Our Trustee and OPAL Secretary, Philip Hearfield, retired from his role. - •New Trustees to OPAL Board: Kevin Bradburne and Lesley Gough. - •Small groups began to meet indoors from 19 July. - •OPAL lottery launched. - •Updated guidance was implemented as face to face services re-opened and national - July 2021 restrictions were relaxed. - •Joy Walker and Maria Hudson join OPAL staff as organisers of the Carers Services. - •Further re-opening of face to face services. - •Funding committee reported successful bids for funding from MCBF, Marjorie Boddy Trust and the West Cheshire CCG. - •Our first fundraising event since 'COVID' took place at Frodsham Festival with £260 - Aug 2021 raised. - •The Masons cheque for our GoOnLine service was presented. - •Some of our face to face services introduced longer sessions with a light lunch provided for members. - •Volunteer recruitment drive commenced across social media and with local adverstising. - •Discussions commence with Cheshire West and Chester Council regarding - Sept 2021 commissioning intentions for OPAL Clubs and Carers services. • Trustee, Lesley Gough, took over role of OPAL Secretary. - •GoOnLine sessions begin in Ashton Hayes and Tiverton. - •A fundraiser 'Soup lunch' held in Kelsall raised £500 for OPAL. - •OPAL Trustee representatives joined the Cheshire Rural and Frodsham, Helsby & Elton - Oct 2021 Community Care Steering Groups. - •Numbers attending weekly OPAL clubs contiued to steadily increase, telephone befriending requests reduced as people move back to face to face groups. - • The OPAL annual report was published on the theme of 'Adjusting, Adapting and Supporting'. - Nov 2021 •OPAL AGM held virtually and included presentations by Rev'd Andrew Emison and Kevin Bradburne as well as our Chair, Jane, reflecting on their work and how it changed during the COVID pandemic. - •A successful event for Carers Services was held in Cuddington/ Sandiway in partnership with the Carers Trust. - •Recruitment of volunteers made positive progress. - •OPAL stall at Ho Ho Helsby fundraiser raised approx £500. - •Following a donation from the Masons, OPAL showcased GoOLine and In Touch - Dec 2021 services at their celebration event. •We said goodbye to Sam Moggan, Tarporley Club Organiser and Communications Officer, who left us to pursue new ventures. - •OPAL face to face services suspended as COVID cases rise significantly. Telephone befirending service, OPAL Reach and activity packs were used to maintain contact. - •Joanne Patel was appointed as our Tarporely Club Organiser and also supporting the - Jan 2022 Carers Services. - •Services re-opened again continuing with 'COVID safe' measures in place. •Clubs returned to full day meetings and providing a hot lunch where possible. •The recruitment of new volunteers continued to progress steadily. - Feb 2022 •A grief loss and bereavement training session was provided for staff and volunteers. - •Funding for the telephone befriending serivce drew to a close. - •John Webb retired from the Board of Trustees having been an OPAL Trustee since 2011. - •A 'soup lunch' fundraiser held in Frodsham raised £510 for OPAL. - March 2022 •Juliet Compston and Geoff Hope-Terry joined the Board of Trustees (with Geoff being our Chair Designate, to take over from Jane in due course). - •Linda Briody joined the staff supporting the expansion of the 'Branching Out' Service. ## **OPAL Club and Community services 2021/22** The work involved in deciding at what pace and how to reopen our services was huge over this period as we had a duty of care to all parties, members, volunteers and staff. Decisions were made and then had to be continually reconsidered in the light of events. For staff it was very tough as they were trying to reopen safely but were encountering people who were frightened and nervous about being out of their homes and with other people and at the same time they were meeting people who felt frustrated that it was taking so long to get back to “normal”. Our remote services established during the pandemic were continued over this period and were a lifeline for many who were very nervous about leaving their homes. Some of the services we provided we have learnt much from and will we are sure be incorporating what was best about them into future service planning. Well done to all our staff and our volunteers for having steered their way through this so that by early 2022 services were indeed running again albeit often with low numbers and often disrupted by sickness. Thank you also to our commissioners and funders who supported us through these times ensuring we had the right level of resources to do so. Throughout all of this uncertainty there has also been a concern for the future of our services as we moved towards the time when the Council recommission their Early Intervention and Prevention services and their Carer Support services. For us this involves our OPAL Clubs and our carer services, both of which underpin the rest of the organisation and its services. So all in all a tough year as it will have been for many organisations. We survived however and remain in fair shape so that we can face the challenges ahead. **----- Start of picture text -----**
‘We look forward to
the carer trips out
and the get
togethers… they
mean a lot to us all.’
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‘We look forward to
the carer trips out
and the get
togethers… they
mean a lot to us all.’
‘When I come to
What’s Cooking I
always learn
something new,
however small.’
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‘The chair exercises are great as we are able to sing along to our favourites and exercise our limbs.’ ‘My Mum always looked forward to Club day. It was the highlight of her week and she loved to tell us all that had happened there.’ ‘We have some very good cooks who supply us with a lovely first course followed by a delicious pudding.’ ‘We often get involved with crafts, quizzes, dominoes and lots of other games.’ ## **Our volunteers** Over the last year our volunteering roles have extended and changed. As always, our team of volunteers have all been amazing in the way they have adapted and responded flexibly. This has been appreciated by those we support, their families and by the OPAL staff! As COVID restrictions began to ease we have welcomed 41 new volunteers into our OPAL community in the period between April 2021 and April 2022. We have primarily used Facebook and the CWVA volunteer portal to advertise for new volunteers as well as placing posters in local cafés etc. As was the case with many charities, we suffered a loss of volunteers post COVID but have been very successful in filling these roles with new talented people who have quickly integrated into the OPAL team. In June 2021, we celebrated Volunteers’ Week with a ‘Happy Volunteers’ Week’ video which we filmed and produced featuring all our Trustees and staff. This was sent out to all volunteers to thank them for all their hard work and support over the previous 12 months. Volunteers also received a certificate of thanks from our Chair Jane, and Janet, our Volunteer Coordinator. Volunteers have continued to support us through new fundraising initiatives. Two well attended Soup Lunches were expertly organised by our small team of volunteers who prepared and served guests and raised over £1000 for OPAL in the process. Volunteers also promoted OPAL on stalls through the various annual village events. Our amazing volunteer led knitting group have produced fantastic items to celebrate various events throughout the year. These have been presented to all members and also sold to help fundraise for OPAL. Throughout the year, we have provided training for our volunteers including a well-attended Supporting Loss, Grief and Bereavement course in December and various safeguarding sessions. Looking forward, we continue to expand our team of volunteers to ensure that all our services are well supported and can run effectively. We are always seeking new volunteers for the various volunteer roles we have available. If you are interested, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator Janet Handley on 07592 464856 janet.handley@opalservices.org.uk _‘Volunteering is a win-win for everybody concerned, that's what makes it so special. Wonderful people from within your own community are given the support they really need and the volunteer? You get to know you have done something really worthwhile and made a difference to somebody's day!’_ _Lynda, Tarporley OPAL_ ## **Our partners** We gratefully acknowledge the support of many partners who have enabled us to deliver our services in the last year. **Those supporting front line service delivery...** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Providers of our OPAL Those who have led
venues who have The providers of OPAL so many
helped us re-open training events for activities & provided
services safely staff and volunteers entertainment at our
clubs and groups
Social precribers who The Library Services
have signposted and Farralls - printers of for publicising
referred people to OPAL Reach services as well as
OPAL services hosting Branching Out
Kelsall Wellbeing Hub Frodsham Bee Friends
The Malpas Minibus
for signposting and for signposting and
Committee for their
opportunities for joint opportunities for joint
help with transport
working working
...and our wider network partners
and funders
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**Funders and Healthwatch for their CWVA who support Commissioners advocacy role and volunteer recruitment, (highlighted elsewhere) provision of provide advice and cowho have advised and information and ordinate sector supported during the training opportunities leadership last year Local Parish Councils Community Care for support in Steering Groups disseminating providing opportunities information and for networking and signposting joined up local working** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Funding and fundraising in 2021/22
INEOS: for
CWaC: for
volunteer
OPAL Clubs, Marjorie
recruitment
Carers Boddy
Services & Fund: for
Befriending Digital
Services
Cheshire Inclusion
West NHS:
Cheshire &
for
Warrington
‘Branching
Carers Trust
Out’ services
for Carers
Services
Cheshire
Comm
Co-Op Local
Foundation:
Comm Fund:
for OPAL
‘Reach’ and Our Funders for Digital
Activity packs Inclusion
in 2021-22 Services
LTTA: for
Awards 4 All
OPAL Digital
(Nat Lottery):
Inclusion
for
Services
Branching
Out services
CWaC ‘Let’s Marshes
Turn this Comm Benefit
Around’: for Fund: digital
inclusion
activity
Masonic services and
packs
Charitable Branching Out
Sharegift:
Foundation: for
for OPAL In volunteer
Touch recruitment
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## **Funding and fundraising in 2021/22** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Frodsham
Festival
£260
OPAL
lottery
launched
Ho Ho
Helsby
£460
Our
Fundraising
in 2021-22
Kelsall
soup lunch
Frodsham
£500
soup
lunch
£510
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## **And…** We are extremely grateful to those individuals, groups and organisations who made donations to OPAL, during 2021-22 totalling **£6430** . ## **Our structure** ## **Our team** **Trustees:** Ian Bailey, Jan Bailey, Kevin Bradburne (from June 21), Gill Clough, Jane Colville, Juliet Compston (from March 22), Lesley Gough (from June 21), Philip Hearfield (to June 21), Geoffrey Hope-Terry (from March 22), Brian Mackie, Gill Swash, John Webb (to March 22), Rhiannon Wilson **Staff** : Brenda Platt, Zoe Blocksidge, Jean Toyn, Julie Ennis, Morag Hutson, Samantha Moggan (to Dec 21), Janet Handley, Joy Walker (from Aug 21), Maria Hudson (from Sept 21), Joanne Patel (from Jan 22), Lynda Briody (from Feb 22) ## **OPAL money matters** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Year on year funds
£160,000
£140,000
£120,000
£100,000
£80,000
£60,000
£40,000
£20,000
£0
Total funds Statutory Statutory Trusts and Donations, Other Membership
income from income from Foundations gifts and fundraising fees
local local legacies activity
authorities authorities -
Covid funding
Year to Year to
March-22 March-21
Other fundraising Membership fees, 2020/21
activity, £13,447 £275
Donations, gifts and
legacies, £5,664
Trusts and
Foundations, £33,864
Statutory income from
local authorities,
£72,452
Statutory income from
local authorities -
Covid funding, £16,140
Membership fees,
£8,495 2021/22
Other fundraising
activity, £9,600
Donations, gifts and
Statutory income from
legacies, £6,430
local authorities,
£99,154
Trusts and
Foundations, £35,763
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||**Year to**
**March-22**|**Year to**
**March-21**|**Movement**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| |**Total funding**|**159,442**|**141,842**|**17,600**| ||||| |Staff costs|103,520|97,712|5,808| |Volunteer costs|1,134|871|263| |Activities|17,020|14,974|2,046| |Admin|18,593|18,580|13| |Fundraising|86|122|(36)| |**Total expenditure**|**140,353**|**132,259**|**8,094**| ||||| |**Net surplus/ (deficit)**|**19,089**|**9,583**|**9,506**| ||||| |**Reserve funds**|**233,372**|**214,283**|**19,089**| ## **Key points** - CWaC Local authority funding increased by £10,600 to £99,100, mainly due to receipt of an additional one-off £30,000 Befriending funding grant which more than compensated for the loss of one-off £16,100 Covid Funding received in the previous year. - Trust and Charity Foundation funding increased by £1,900 to £35,800, with funders including The NHS Commission, The Marjory Boddy Charitable Trust, The Marshes Community Benefit Fund, and The Masonic Charitable Foundation. - Donations, Gifts and Legacies of £6,400 were received in the year, which was an increase of £700 over the £5,700 received in the previous year. - Other fundraising activity reduced by £3,800 to £9,600, as a consequence of the impact of COVID-19 restrictions. - Club membership fees recovered to £8,500 as Club activity started up again, albeit at a much reduced attendance due to the Covid impact. - Total funding increased by £17,600 to £159,400. ## **Our Financial Statements** At March 31[st] 2022 there were eleven trustees on the OPAL Board of Trustees who are also Directors of the Company for the purposes of Company Law. Mr Philip Hearfield retired as a Trustee and OPAL Secretary in June 2021 and Mr John Webb retired as a Trustee in March 2022. Four new Trustees have been appointed during the year: Mr Kevin Bradburne, Mrs Lesley Gough, Mrs Juliet Compston and Mr Geoff Hope-Terry. The procedure for the appointment of trustees is set out in the Articles of Association. There must be at least five trustees, but no maximum is set. ## **Responsibilities of Trustees** The trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the Financial Statements in accordance with the applicable law and regulations. Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements in accordance with UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (UK Accounting Standards and applicable law). The financial statements are required by law to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs at the charity and of the surplus/deficit of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to: - Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently - Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent. - Prepared the financial statements on the on-going concern basis unless it is inappropriate - to presume that the charity will continue in operation. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hance for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. So far as the trustees are aware: There is no relevant information of which the charity’s independent Examiner is unaware and the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant information and to establish that the independent examiner is aware of that information. ## **Declaration** The trustees declare that there were no Serious Incidents, as defined by the Charity Commission, or any other matters which should have been brought to the attention of the Charity Commission. ## **Small Company Provisions** This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. ## **Independent Examiner** Rebecca Ellams has been re-appointed as independent examiner. This Trustees Annual Report was approved by the Board of Trustees on 14[th] September 2022. This summarised financial information contains extracts from the OPAL Services Statement of Financial Activities, a full copy of which is available by emailing morag.hutson@opalservices.org.uk OPAL SERVICES (RURAL WEST CHESHIRE) INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF OPAL SERVICES (RURAL WEST CHESHIRE) I rewt to the tru¥tee¥ ¢)n my e¥amlnfjtbn of tre flnancigl ¥tatement8 cl OPAL S•r¥k•s (Rurnl West CheJhlre} (the tharty) I￿ the y•ar an￿1 31 March 2022. RMponBlblllll•s and bMl• of r•port 3 the tru8tees ol the charrty land a180 it8 direclors for the purp0808 of company I￿) you ar• fo4￿n81b￿ Ihe preparation d the IlnarKial ¥totements Sn KcordoiKe with the requlremenl8 ol the Compor￿e9 Act 20C6 (the 20C6Act HNng m￿ell that the fir￿CIal •tstements of the tha￿ty ￿ not r•quir•d to be •￿*ll￿d undw Part 18 of the 20C6 Act and ar• 6liglbl• ￿ Ind•p8nd•nt •xamin•llon, I report in respect of my examination ol thts chartys financial stalemenls carried under section 145 of the Ch8nl•s Act 2011 Ith6 2011 Act). In carrylng out my examination I havè fdlowed all the applkablo &rections by the Charity Commi8sion undor •e¢bon 145ISllb) of Iho 2011 Indopondont oxamlnof8 ststèment I have L¥xnpleted my examinat￿. l (Jjnfirm that Th) matter5 have Con￿ to my attenlbn In c4nDeL*￿ wlth the examlnalion glving me cau8e to ￿lIeve that In any maletfjal r8sp•ct.' attounlhg r￿)rds wore not kopt In rosp&¢t Oltho ¢harlty as Tequlrgd ty 8ecltrf) 386 ot tho 20C6Act or financial statements do nol acojrd with thoso r￿ords,. or ffnancl81 statements do comply the accourrting r¥quffements of t￿lI0n 396 01 the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the ￿￿Ounts glve 8 tll￿ and tslr vlww whlch Is rw)t a m8ttw cOrrJkl￿￿ part of ￿ Independont eX8miMtion', the fina￿al statements have not been Pf6par8d In ￿t0rdance m&hc*J8 and wlndpl88 ol tho Slatomenl of RecorrtmeTrJed Practsce for accounb.ng and reporb.ng by chart￿eS applicat4e to charblles preparing Ihebr actthjnls In accordance t￿lh the Flnan¢¢al Reporting Standard ap￿ICabl9 In the UK arvj Republk of Ireland IFRS 1021. I have rn cor￿emS ond have ts)me ocro*s rx> other matters In conneclon ￿th examSnaUon to t*hlch attenfjon 8hould be drawn In th18 report In order to enable a prw understanding of ts finan￿￿ statements to ebecca Ellams FCCA Hall Liv8w 8rchvn HLB Hou 88 Hb3h Stroot Tarporfey Ch8shlre c￿ OAT Dat•J. .2.0l.io.122 ## **Company information** ## **OPAL Services (Rural West Cheshire)** is a company limited by guarantee. |**Charity name:**|OPAL Services (Rural West Cheshire)| |---|---| |**Registered company no:**|7521625 (England and Wales)| |**Registered office:**|18 Utkinton Road, Tarporley, Cheshire CW6 0HS| |**Date of Incorporation:**|8th February 2011| |**Date activities commenced:**|22nd May 2011| |**Accounting reference date:**|31st March| |**Registered charity no**.|1143753| ## **Board of Trustee Directors 2021-22** |**Board of Trustee Directors**|**2021-22**| |---|---| |Mr Ian Bailey|From March 2021| |Mrs Jan Bailey|From March 2021| |Mr Kevin Bradburne|From June 2021| |P Cllr Mrs Gill Clough|From February 2011| |P Cllr Mrs Jane Colville|From February 2011, Chair| |Mrs Juliet Compston|From March 2022| |Mrs Lesley Gough|From June 2021, Secretary from September 2021| |Mr Philip Hearfield|From June 2019, Secretary from October 2019 to June 2021| |Mr Geoff Hope-Terry|From March 2022, Chair elect| |Mr Brian Mackie|CA From March 2020, Treasurer from March 2020| |Mrs Gill Swash|From July 2017| |P Cllr Mr John Webb|From October 2011 to March 2022| |Mrs Rhiannon Wilson|From September 2019| |**Company Secretary**|Lesley Gough| |**Independent Examiner**|Rebecca Ellams FCCA, Hall Livesey Brown, HLB House, 68| ||High Street, Tarporley, Cheshire CW6 0AT| |**Bankers**|The Co-operative Bank plc, PO Box 101, 1 Balloon Street,| ||Manchester M60 4EP| OPAL Services (Rural West Cheshire), P.O.Box 161, Whitchurch, SY13 9BG. OPAL Services (Rural West Cheshire) is a company limited by guarantee; registered charity no. 1143753; registered company no. 7521625. Registered office: 18 Utkinton Road, Tarporley, Cheshire CW6 0HS. OPAL SERVICES (RURAL WEST CHESHIRE) INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF OPAL SERVICES (RURAL WEST CHESHIRE) I report lo the trustees on my examination of the finarrial ststements of OPAL Services (Rurnl West Cheshlrel (the c*artty) for the year ended 31 March 2022. R￿ponSIbIlItIeS and basis of report As the trustees of the charity land also its directors for the purp058s of company lawl you are r8sponslble for the prgparalion of th9 financial slalemgnls in arxordanGe with the requlrements of the Companies Act 2006 (the 2006 Acll. Hawng satisfied myself that the finanThal statements of the tharfty are not requlred to be audlted under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and ore 81Sglble for Independent examlnallon, I report In respect of my examination of the aTity's financial slalements carried out under section 145 of the Charfties Act 2011 Ilhe 2011 Act). In carrySng out my examination I have followed all Ihg applicablg Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llb} of thè 2011 Act. Independont examlngffs ststgmgnt I have eompleled my examination. I confimi that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to belleve that In any malerfal respect.. accoUn￿ng records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the 2006Act', or the flnanclal statements do not accord ￿th those records," or the ffnanclal statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of sectlon 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts gNe a true and faSr view which is not a maitsr conslder8d as part of an independgnl examination,. or the finanaal stslements have not been prepared In accordance with the methods and prlnaples of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable lo charities preparing their accounts In accordance ￿th the Flnanclal Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 102). I have no concem8 and hav8 come across no other mattars In connectlon vAlh the examlnallon lo whlch attention should be drawn in IhiB report in order to enable a propgr understanding of the financial statsmenls to be he ebecca Ellams FCCA Hall Uvesey Browrs HLB House 68 High Slregt Tarportey Cheshlre CWO OAT Dated. 201.io.122 ## ## ## |||2422|||2021|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Notes||t|||t| |Fixedassets||||||| |Tangibleassets|11||3,975|||1,887| |Current assets||||||| |Debtors|12|3,768||766||| |Cashatbankand inhand||257,058||234,931||| |||260,926||235,697||| |Greditorc: amountsfallingduewithin||||||| |oneyear|{3|(31,429)||(23,301)||| |Netcurrent assets|||22g,3gg|||212,396| |Totalassets lesscurrent liabilities|||,r4,.|||214,283| |||||||?| |lncomefunds||||||| |Restrictedfunds|14||62,113|||51,549| |U,nrestrictedfunds||||||| |Designatedfunds|15|45,069||45,126||| |General unrestricted funds||126,192||117,609||| ||||171,260|||162,734| ||||233,373|||214,283| OPAL SERVICES (RURAL WEST CHESHIRE) INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF OPAL SERVICES (RURAL WEST CHESHIRE) I report lo the trustees on my examination of the finarrial ststements of OPAL Services (Rurnl West Cheshlrel (the c*artty) for the year ended 31 March 2022. R￿ponSIbIlItIeS and basis of report As the trustees of the charity land also its directors for the purp058s of company lawl you are r8sponslble for the prgparalion of th9 financial slalemgnls in arxordanGe with the requlrements of the Companies Act 2006 (the 2006 Acll. Hawng satisfied myself that the finanThal statements of the tharfty are not requlred to be audlted under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and ore 81Sglble for Independent examlnallon, I report In respect of my examination of the aTity's financial slalements carried out under section 145 of the Charfties Act 2011 Ilhe 2011 Act). In carrySng out my examination I have followed all Ihg applicablg Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llb} of thè 2011 Act. Independont examlngffs ststgmgnt I have eompleled my examination. I confimi that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to belleve that In any malerfal respect.. accoUn￿ng records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the 2006Act', or the flnanclal statements do not accord ￿th those records," or the ffnanclal statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of sectlon 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts gNe a true and faSr view which is not a maitsr conslder8d as part of an independgnl examination,. or the finanaal stslements have not been prepared In accordance with the methods and prlnaples of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable lo charities preparing their accounts In accordance ￿th the Flnanclal Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 102). I have no concem8 and hav8 come across no other mattars In connectlon vAlh the examlnallon lo whlch attention should be drawn in IhiB report in order to enable a propgr understanding of the financial statsmenls to be he ebecca Ellams FCCA Hall Uvesey Browrs HLB House 68 High Slregt Tarportey Cheshlre CWO OAT Dated. 201.io.122 ## ## ## |||2422|||2021|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Notes||t|||t| |Fixedassets||||||| |Tangibleassets|11||3,975|||1,887| |Current assets||||||| |Debtors|12|3,768||766||| |Cashatbankand inhand||257,058||234,931||| |||260,926||235,697||| |Greditorc: amountsfallingduewithin||||||| |oneyear|{3|(31,429)||(23,301)||| |Netcurrent assets|||22g,3gg|||212,396| |Totalassets lesscurrent liabilities|||,r4,.|||214,283| |||||||?| |lncomefunds||||||| |Restrictedfunds|14||62,113|||51,549| |U,nrestrictedfunds||||||| |Designatedfunds|15|45,069||45,126||| |General unrestricted funds||126,192||117,609||| ||||171,260|||162,734| ||||233,373|||214,283|