BAMPTON CLASSICAL OPERA

Registered charity 1080541 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q4853531 · Wikipedia

The charity advances education for the public benefit by performing opera and other music at a high standard, concentrating on rare 18th-century repertory sung in English. Supporting the early development of outstanding young professional performers, the charity aims at an accessible and relaxed ethos with affordable ticket prices. It works beyond its area of operation when appropriate.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF OPERA.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE OXFORDSHIRE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND GREATER LONDON

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: West Oxfordshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £169,539 against expenditure of £140,955, resulting in a net movement in funds of £28,584. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £92,926, which the Trustees believe are sufficient, noting a specific contingency reserve of £20,000. The filing confirms the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Catchpole Garthwaitechair
• Andrew Hugh Penny · trustee of 5 other charities
• DR J P GRAY
• MICHAEL ST JOHN PARKER · trustee of 1 other charity
• MS GILLY FRENCH
• SIMON HOPE BROADBENT · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Oxfordshire · 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 GRANGE PARK OPERA.

• GRANGE PARK OPERA income £4.0m
• ABINGDON OPERATIC SOCIETY income £96k
• BRIGANTES MUSIC income £90k
• THE LONDON EARLY OPERA COMPANY LTD income £25k
• CAMBRIDGE HANDEL OPERA COMPANY income £28k
• THAMES OPERA COMPANY LTD income £10k

Side by side with its peers

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