Listening to the room before specifying the kit, since 1979 — for worship, learning, civic life, leisure and care across the North West.
When we say service contract, we mean someone you’ll know by name.How our service contracts work
Opus AV is a 47-year-old, Burnley-based audio-visual and sensory specialist that designs, installs and looks after the systems behind worship, learning, civic life, leisure and care across the North West.
Founded by Andrew Kay · Family-owned · Still on Parker Lane
Whether it’s a council chamber or a sensory suite, every Opus AV project starts with a site visit. Six rooms below — pick the one you’ll be standing in.
Churches, chapels, cathedrals, mosques and community worship spaces. Speech-clarity systems, hearing loops, livestream and image magnification, lyric and liturgy projection — sound that carries every word, on every pew.
See our religion work
Primary, secondary, FE colleges and SEN schools. Interactive panels that survive a Year 4 classroom, hall PA that fills the back row of an assembly, drama and performance lighting that lifts a school production.
See our education work
SEN schools, hospices, care homes, autism units and NHS trusts. Bespoke multi-sensory rooms, interactive star ceilings and mood-control LED — environments that calm, engage and invite a response.
See our sensory work
Council chambers, civic halls, training rooms, factory PA and control-room AV. Compliant, framework-experienced, and built for rooms where every motion needs to be heard and minuted.
See our civic & industry work
Leisure centres, hotels, gyms, hospitality venues and community sports halls. Distributed audio, paging and event AV — clear at the back of a spin class, audible across a wedding breakfast, intelligible through a leisure-pool tannoy.
See our leisure work
Village halls, community centres, the Zone, civic events and local theatre. From a Mothers’ Day service to a wedding reception, we wire the rooms a town gathers in — usually within a postcode of our own.
See our community work
Opus Audio Visual Ltd was founded in 1979 by Andrew Kay in Burnley. We started life as Opus Pro Audio — a small, hands-on outfit kitting out chapels, school halls and civic buildings with sound systems that actually worked.
Forty-seven years on, the address is still Parker Lane, the same engineers still do the work, and the principle hasn’t shifted — listen to the room first, then specify the kit.
We come to you first — no spec sheet, no sales pitch. Just someone standing in the room, listening to what it needs to do.
The kit list is built around the room. We specify what the space requires — not what’s on the shelf this week.
Our own engineers lead every installation. Where a project calls for specialist trades — acoustic treatment, bespoke sensory equipment — we work with trusted partners we’ve used for years. One point of contact throughout.
A named contact and a phone number you’ve used before. Most of our service clients have been with us for more than a decade.
Some projects call for skills beyond AV — acoustic treatment, bespoke sensory equipment. We bring in the right people and they’re part of the process from the start.
UK manufacturer of bespoke acoustic panels, wall linings and floor systems — Institute of Acoustics accredited, over 40 years in the industry. SRS handle the acoustic treatment; Opus AV handles the AV. Together, the room works the way it’s supposed to.
soundreduction.co.uk
Designers and manufacturers of bespoke interactive sensory technology — OptiBeam, Opti-illusion, OptiPiano and more. Specialist equipment for multi-sensory environments where standard kit won’t do. Opus AV specifies and installs the AV; OptiMusic supply the sensory equipment.
optimusic.com
IPAF accredited
PASMA accredited
Installed, maintained and still on first-name terms — since 1979.
“Opus AV have been looking after our sound system for years. When something needs attention, they’re on it — no fuss, no drama. The kind of company you stop thinking about because it just works.”
“They came to the room first, listened to what we needed, and then built something that actually works for our children. The difference it has made is hard to put into words.”
“We’ve worked with Opus AV across several of our sites. They understand council procurement, they hit the frameworks, and the engineers are professional on-site. We’d have no hesitation recommending them.”
