OPUS - AN ORGANISATION FOR PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIETY

Registered charity 282415 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OPUS, OPUS - AN ORGANISATION FOR PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING IN SOCIETY LIMITED, OPUS: AN ORGANISATION FOR PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING IN SOCIETY LIMITED

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Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS CONCERNING THE ECONOMIC ANS SOCIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE AND WORKING OF SOCIETY. (SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION FOR FULL DETAILS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£122k
Latest spending
£133k
Registered
1981
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £10,777 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing unrestricted reserves to £57,113. The directors explicitly consider this level of reserves to be inadequate and are considering ways to bring them to a more realistic level. Despite this, the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £57k)
“The directors consider that the level of reserves is inadequate and are currently considering ways of bringing reserves to a more realistic level.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by E A Weekes. 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.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£122k£133k
31/03/2024£52k£49k
31/03/2023£32k£26k
31/03/2022£43k£38k
31/03/2021£37k£24k

Common questions

Is OPUS - AN ORGANISATION FOR PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £10,777 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing unrestricted reserves to £57,113. The directors explicitly consider this level of reserves to be inadequate and are considering ways to bring them to a more realistic level. Despite this, the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by E A Weekes.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHREWSBURY OPPORTUNITY GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OPUS - AN ORGANISATION FOR PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIETY£122k—0below—no doubt
SHREWSBURY OPPORTUNITY GROUP FY2025£109k—0unclear—no doubt
PEGASUS OPERA COMPANY LIMITED FY2026£982k—0unclear—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£7.6m——below—no doubt
OPUS DEI CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£282k—0unclear—no doubt
THE OPEN CENTRE FY2025£102k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.