OPERAUPCLOSE LTD

Registered charity 1153307 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UP CLOSE PRODUCTIONS, UPCLOSE PRODUCTIONS LONDON

OperaUpClose is a small, ambitious Olivier Award-winning touring opera company producing innovatively staged, unintimidating, affordable and high-quality English chamber re-imaginings of well-known works and premieres of new operas. Our mission is to show opera is a vibrant, living art-form for everyone to enjoy and be inspired by, regardless of gender, ethnicity, background and economic means.

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Latest income

£444k

Latest spending

£419k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with unrestricted reserves of £122,565, which the trustees describe as a risk fund equivalent to 6.5 months' running costs. The trustees report that the charity continues to rebuild its reserves and retain designated funds to share financial risk with venues, indicating a focus on financial resilience amid a challenging economic climate.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient so that the company can operate successfully and fulfil its mission, provide liquidity in case of unexpected variation in revenue and other risks, and act as a contingency against winding up the company should the need arise (held: £123k)

“The organisation’s current level of unrestricted reserves, £122,565, is a risk fund of general, free reserves — the equivalent of 6.5 months’ running costs.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Abigail Faye Bratcher
Amanda Helen Ariss OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
CHARITH JEEVAKA LESLIE CABRAAL
Carolyn Ward
Clare Williams
Hazel Province · trustee of 1 other charity
Jane Lucy Morgan · trustee of 1 other charity
Joe McFadden
John Andrews
Matthew Lyons
Professor Christopher David Brown

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£444k	£419k
31/03/2024	£455k	£461k
31/03/2023	£250k	£206k
31/03/2022	£187k	£173k
31/03/2021	£255k	£148k

Common questions

Is OPERAUPCLOSE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with unrestricted reserves of £122,565, which the trustees describe as a risk fund equivalent to 6.5 months' running costs. The trustees report that the charity continues to rebuild its reserves and retain designated funds to share financial risk with venues, indicating a focus on financial resilience amid a challenging economic climate. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OPERAUPCLOSE LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OPERAUPCLOSE LTD as a grant recipient include Laidlaw Opera Trust, THE REED FOUNDATION, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION, THE LECHE TRUST, THE MARCHUS TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Laidlaw Opera Trust	FY2025	£22k	Unrestricted grant
THE REED FOUNDATION	FY2022	£11k	Christmas Challenge
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	FY2023	£7k	Public Performance
THE LECHE TRUST	FY2025	£4k	Arts
THE MARCHUS TRUST	FY2025	£3k
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	FY2024	£2k	Public Performance