OPERA DELLA LUNA

Registered charity 1044260 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ODL

Presentation and promotion of the arts to the public, particularly the young. The main emphasis is on the operatic arts and chamber opera.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS IN PARTUICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OPERA

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.

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Registered contact address: Cherwell, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating loss of £30,608 for the year ended 30 April 2025, resulting in a net current liability position of £65,665. Retained earnings decreased to a deficit of £73,890, down from £43,282 in the previous year. The filing notes the company is entitled to exemption from audit under the small companies regime.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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)

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.

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 30/04/2023 (received 24/05/2024, 85 days after the 29/02/2024 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Laidlaw Opera Trust — “We acknowledge generous financial support from The Laidlaw Opera Trust.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROLYN EMILY GALLOWAY
• PATRICK BRANTINGHAM MARSHALL
• SALLY ELIZABETH ROSS

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OPERA NORTH LIMITED.

• OPERA NORTH LIMITED income £18.8m
• OPERA BRAVA LIMITED income £144k
• DEVON OPERA income £69k
• THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY income £178k
• MILLOM AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY income £26k
• THE EARLY OPERA COMPANY LIMITED income £67k

Side by side with its peers

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