WEST GREEN HOUSE OPERA LIMITED

Registered charity 1148939 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's main objective is to advance the education of the public by encouraging the understanding and appreciation of music and opera, in particular but not exclusively through the presentation of public performances of opera.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:4.1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ENCOURAGING THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC AND OPERA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF OPERA.4.2. TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is a table of contents for the financial statements of West Green House Opera Limited for the year ended 30th November 2025. It lists the reports and statements included but does not contain the actual financial data, narrative, or figures required to assess financial health.

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 3 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.

• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% 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: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ann Grafton
• Glenn Charles Hurstfield · trustee of 4 other charities
• MARYLYN DENISE ABBOTT
• MICHAEL DOUGLAS WHALLEY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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
• WEST END OPERATIC SOCIETY LIMITED income £82k
• SWANSEA CITY OPERA & THE OPERA SCHOOL WALES income £49k
• ENSEMBLE ORQUESTA income £68k
• THE LONDON MUSICAL THEATRE ORCHESTRA income £392k
• PRESTON OPERA income £26k

Side by side with its peers

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