CLONTER FARM MUSIC TRUST

Registered charity 1083903 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLONTER OPERA

Provides high quality training and experience of performing publicly for persons embarking on professional musical careers in the United Kingdom, and to establish such courses of training and tuition and such public concert stage and other performances as the trustees shall see fit. The charity achieves its objectives through the staging of opera performances, and awarding an annual opera prize

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus unrestricted fund of £20,738 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income increasing by 24% to £659,069. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating for the next twelve months, although they note potential future costs for theatre roof remedial work. Unrestricted reserves stood at £122,019, which the trustees are building towards a policy target of three months of operating costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Mornflake — “With thanks to our sponsorship partners” (source page)
• Cheshire East Council — “With thanks to our sponsorship partners” (source page)
• The Harding Trust — “With thanks to our sponsorship partners” (source page)
• The Granada Foundation — “With thanks to our sponsorship partners” (source page)
• Julia Rausing Trust — “With thanks to our sponsorship partners” (source page)
• John Holford Charity — “With thanks to our sponsorship partners” (source page)
• Fidelio Charitable Trust — “With thanks to our sponsorship partners” (source page)
• The Haworth Trust — “With thanks to our sponsorship partners” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (65% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Darren John Billings
• David Brewin
• ELIZA-JANE BLOOD
• JONATHAN MEADMORE
• Keith Anthony Chapman
• Richard Nicholas Mathias
• SARAH PATRICIA FARMER
• Sally Victoria Hepton

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

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