SURREY OPERA

Registered charity 1000831 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE COMPANY PROMOTES AND PRESENTS PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF OPERA, OPERETTA AND MUSICAL THEATRE. IT PARTICULARLY AIMS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SINGERS, DESIGNERS, DIRECTORS AND MUSICIANS TO DEMONSTRATE AND DEVELOP THEIR TALENTS AT AN EARLY STAGE IN THEIR CAREERS, AND ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF KEEN AMATEUR SINGERS.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF OPERA IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE COMPANY SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Castle Point, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£6k
Latest spending
£39k
Registered
1990

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2022

  • Volunteers: 50

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2023 (received 27/08/2024, 28 days after the 30/07/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Croydon · East Sussex · Kent · Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£6k£39k
30/09/2024£52k£36k
30/09/2023£18k£23k
30/09/2022£79k£81k
30/09/2021£14k£17k

Common questions

Who funds SURREY OPERA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SURREY OPERA as a grant recipient include THE SIR EDWARD LEWIS FOUNDATION, HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SIR EDWARD LEWIS FOUNDATIONFY2022£4kOpera performances and education
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£4kConcerts
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kConcerts
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2kConcerts
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2kConcerts
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1kConcerts