GROSVENOR LIGHT OPERA COMPANY

Registered charity 1065719 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLOC

To educate the public in the operatic arts of Gilbert and/or Sullivan to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF THE SOCIETY IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE OPERATIC ARTS OF GILBERT AND SULLIVAN TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS, TO ASSIST AND FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted funds of £31,688, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £15,000–£18,000. The trustees report that this financial position is stable and provides a buffer against future fluctuations in income or unforeseen circumstances.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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 31/07/2025 (received 11/07/2026, 41 days after the 31/05/2026 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

• Jacqueline Cablechair
• ANN LESLEY KHATIBI-DJALALI · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alicia Fothergill
• Caroline Taunt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Barr
• Monica Vakil-Dewar
• Pei Tan

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 HUDDERSFIELD LIGHT OPERA COMPANY LIMITED.

• HUDDERSFIELD LIGHT OPERA COMPANY LIMITED income £170k
• GRANGE PARK OPERA income £4.0m
• GLADSTONE THEATRE TRUST income £386k
• WOODLEY LIGHT OPERATIC SOCIETY income £32k
• GODALMING OPERATIC SOCIETY income £92k
• GLOSSOP CONCERT SOCIETY income £37k

Side by side with its peers

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