STREETWISE OPERA

Registered charity 1092931 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We use music to help people who have experienced homelessness make positive changes in their lives, to advance the education of the public in the arts in particular but not exclusively in the art of opera. We deliver the following activity in 5 regions of the UK: 1 Opera Productions2 Workshop Programme3 Work Placement Scheme and Progression routes4. Establishing an international network

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a net deficit of £53,617, resulting in total funds decreasing to £152,637 from £206,255 in the previous year. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that free reserves of £148,439 remained above the stated policy target of three months' core costs (£131,305). The charity remains substantially dependent on grant funding, which presents a risk, but the trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate based on improved cash flow and secured income.

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 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Streetwise Opera (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 28.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexis Maria Paterson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amine Ait-Si-Selmi
• Chandrika Joshi Depala
• Christine Eyers
• Julia Strong
• Linden Elizabeth Ife
• Martin Ware
• NIGEL PANTLING
• Nicola Baker
• Olivia Brown
• Phillipa Louise Anders
• Tom Philpott
• William Chandler

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster · Gateshead · Lambeth · Manchester City · Middlesbrough · Nottingham City · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OPERA NORTH LIMITED.

• OPERA NORTH LIMITED income £18.8m
• STREETS OF LONDON income £482k
• LONGBOROUGH FESTIVAL OPERA income £3.0m
• THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY income £178k
• OPERA HOLLAND PARK income £5.7m
• OPERA CIRCUS LIMITED income £217k

Side by side with its peers

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