PEGASUS OPERA COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1052704 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LLOYD NEWTON ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOUNDER, LLOYD NEWTON ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/FOUNDER

Promoting the performance of opera for UK and International festivals with the running of related workshops and coaching in schools, community groups and individuals.

Objects

The advancement of the arts, education and community development, for the public benefit, in particular, but not exclusively, by: (a) the promotion of multicultural opera and musical drama; (b) the provision of performance opportunities to artists of diverse backgrounds; (c) the promotion of artists of African and Asian heritage in the UK to opera and musical drama producers; (d) the promotion of opera and music to young people in underserved communities; and (e) the promotion of opera and musical education to members of culturally diverse communities of all ages.?

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: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £252,038 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income rising to £982,007. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £757,185, providing financial resilience to meet ongoing commitments and manage cash flow effectively.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• 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
• Investing charity funds 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)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (54% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sarah Sawyerrchair
• Antoin Strachan
• Christopher Fish
• Kevin Charles
• Lascelles Haughton
• Natalya Best-Forbes
• Richard John Barnard Slack
• Satarupa Ghosh
• Swati Nakra
• Timothy Cook

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PEGASUS.

• PEGASUS income £261k
• NEW SUSSEX OPERA income £54k
• GUILDFORD OPERA COMPANY income £46k
• GRANGE PARK OPERA income £4.0m
• BAREFOOT OPERA income £167k
• THE RADIUS OPERA COMPANY income £25k

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