driving me mad - why is this formula returning #N/A

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[TD]Wednesday 30 August 07:00[/TD]
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[TD]Monday 04 September 06:00[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]29/08/2017 21:00[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]30/08/2017 05:00[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]8.00[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]1.5[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]29/08/2017 21:00[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]30/08/2017 06:00[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]29/08/2017 21:00[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]30/08/2017 07:00[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]29/08/2017 21:00[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]30/08/2017 08:00[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]11.00[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.00[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]1.5[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]29/08/2017 21:00[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]29/08/2017 21:00[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]29/08/2017 21:00[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]30/08/2017 11:00[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]3.00[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 2"]ignore all above here[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 2"]non Sunday working[/TD]
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[TD]this cell is B26[/TD]
[TD]05:00[/TD]
[TD]06:00[/TD]
[TD]07:00[/TD]
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[TD]start[/TD]
[TD]17:00[/TD]
[TD]16.5[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]19.5[/TD]
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[TD]time[/TD]
[TD]18:00[/TD]
[TD]15.5[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]18.5[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
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[TD]19:00[/TD]
[TD]14.5[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
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[TD]20:00[/TD]
[TD]13.5[/TD]
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[TD]21:00[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
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[TD]non Sunday[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]18:00[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]07:00[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]#N/A[/TD]
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[TD]#N/A formula is[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 4"]=OFFSET($B$26,MATCH(B38,B27:B31,0),MATCH(C38,C26:I26,0))[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 2"]why is this formula returning #N/A please ?[/TD]
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Can't tell what the cell address are and how they relate to the diagram to see what values your formula is picking up.

Have you tried using Excel's Evaluate Formula feature (Formulas->Evaluate Formula) to see how the final value of "#N/A# is calculated? I find using this feature on nested formula usually allows me to identify where or what is causing the error output.
 
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It worked for me. Maybe one of your times is text instead of time?
 
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