THE EARLY OPERA COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1111086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EARLY OPERA COMPANY, EOC

To advance the education of the public in the subject of early opera. The company's mission is to present early operas to the highest possible standard with contemporary stagings, performed by emerging and established musicians. The company aims to develop new audiences, widen access to opera and contribute to the professional development of emerging performers and artistic personnel.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF EARLY OPERA.

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: Mid Sussex, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £20,709 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Unrestricted reserves stood at £60,621, which the trustees note equates to approximately 11 months of operating costs against a policy target of roughly 6 months. The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 5 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

• NICOLA ANNE OPPENHEIMERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREW MICHAEL PECK · trustee of 2 other charities
• CHARLES WILLIAM DAVID LAING · trustee of 3 other charities
• David Bryan Rockwell
• Dr Vivienne Monk
• Eva de Blocq van Kuffeler · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Moore Galt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Sobey
• Tom Weisselberg · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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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.

• CHARLES WILLIAM DAVID LAING — trustee here and at DAVID LAING FOUNDATION
• Tom Weisselberg — trustee here and at CONTINUO FOUNDATION

Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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 ANYWHERE LIMITED.

• OPERA ANYWHERE LIMITED income £99k
• THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY income £178k
• ENSEMBLE ORQUESTA income £68k
• OPERA PRELUDE income £143k
• THE LONDON EARLY OPERA COMPANY LTD income £25k
• OPERA BRAVA LIMITED income £144k

Side by side with its peers

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