SEFTON O.P.E.R.A.

Registered charity 1086437 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEFTON OPERA

Sefton O.P.E.R.A is a voluntary organisation working with older people in the community many experiencing dementia and Alzheimers often experiencing isolation our aim is to enable older people to have choices in relation to their own health. Our outstanding contribution to social welfare and using grass roots to formulate their objectives within the community

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PERSONS IN THE BOROUGH OF SEFTON AND PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH THE PREVENTION OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF SEFTON

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

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Registered contact address: Sefton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates on a limited budget and faces challenges due to funding repositioning and rising costs, yet it maintains service standards through the efforts of staff and volunteers. The organization serves approximately 17,000 attendees yearly across Sefton, focusing on health, wellbeing, and reducing social isolation for older people. No specific financial figures for reserves or income are provided in the text to assess long-term solvency beyond the statement of limited budget constraints.

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 4 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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03841119

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• RICHARDSON, Marie — director, appointed 18/03/2011on trustee list
• BATES, Michael James — director, appointed 29/09/2006not on trustee list
• CROOK, Ellen Catherine — director, appointed 05/04/2001not on trustee list
• MARTLOW, Vikki Annette — secretary, appointed 18/06/2007

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CATHY CROOK
• MARIE RICHARDSON
• MR BOB FORSTER
• MR MIKE BATES
• Peter White
• VIKKI ANNETTE MARTLOW

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

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Known funders

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