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MAHOGANY OPERA GROUP

Registered charity 1070013 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMBRIDGE OPERA GROUP, THE OPERA GROUP

Mahogany Opera Group creates new opera in new ways, touring the UK and internationally, performing in different spaces and places, collaborating with various cultures and genres and working with a range of partners. We develop new ideas, techniques and artists, involving local communities actively in the process and sharing each distinct project with a broad audience.

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Latest income
£357k
Latest spending
£377k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £20,323 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £321,206 to £279,088. Despite the deficit and reduced support from trusts, the trustees confirm the company maintains a strong balance sheet and is confident in its future ability to continue meeting its artistic goals.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of winding down costs (held: £279k)
“One of the Designated Funds is a Contingency Fund which the trustees consider it prudent to maintain to meet the eventual costs of winding down the Company over a period of six months” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£357k£377k
31/03/2024£258k£289k
31/03/2023£260k£274k
31/03/2022£216k£198k
31/03/2021£124k£164k

Common questions

Is MAHOGANY OPERA GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £20,323 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £321,206 to £279,088. Despite the deficit and reduced support from trusts, the trustees confirm the company maintains a strong balance sheet and is confident in its future ability to continue meeting its artistic goals. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MAHOGANY OPERA GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MAHOGANY OPERA GROUP as a grant recipient include PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION, THE SCOPS ARTS TRUST, THE MARCHUS TRUST, THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION, KATIE BRADFORD ARTS TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATIONFY2023£20kDevelopment Fund
THE SCOPS ARTS TRUSTFY2021£10kMusic Education & Engagement (children)
THE MARCHUS TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
KATIE BRADFORD ARTS TRUSTFY2023£2k
KATIE BRADFORD ARTS TRUSTFY2024£2kthe Snappy Opera programme of Mahogany Opera which is a schools programme, making and performing new mini-operas: this year the focus continued into a specialis
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kThe Arts
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATIONFY2023£1kPublic Performance
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500Arts and Culture