OLDHAM PERSONAL ADVOCACY LIMITED

Registered charity 1071467 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OPAL

Independent Advocacy Services and activities for Adults with Learning Disabilities and/autism

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN THE BOROUGH OF OLDHAM BEING PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED OF RELIEF BY REASON OF THEIR LEARNING DISABILITIES AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY PROVIDING A SERVICE CALCULATED:(1) TO ENABLE PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES TO OBTAIN THEIR FULL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS CITIZENS; AND(2) TO PROVIDE SUCH PEOPLE WITH PERSONAL FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT (3) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH MAY BE THOUGHT FIT

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF OLDHAM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £2,493 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £352,301 against total resources expended of £349,808. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £105,167, which exceeds the identified continuity and contingency reserves target of £90,000. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or related party transactions.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — OPAL (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

Trustees · trustee networks

• Camilla Guereca
• JANE PICKERING
• Joanna Bird
• Marc Harrison
• VERONICA ROYLE
• Victoria Lomas

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Oldham

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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