HURN COURT OPERA

Registered charity 1177609 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hurn Court Opera was formed to give aspiring talented young singers the chance to work with established and eminent singers and musicians through mentoring,masterclasses,singing competition,recitals and opera performance.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an accounting deficit of £19,244.55 for the year ended 31 December 2025, compared to a surplus in the previous year. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that the charity held total funds of £65,849.19 at year-end, with £30,000 specifically held in a fixed-term deposit to cover potential losses.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Hartchair
• Andrew Foot
• Jeffrey Edward Sutherland-Kay
• Joy Atkinson

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

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Charities like this

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

• DORSET OPERA income £884k
• NATIONAL OPERA STUDIO income £1.2m
• NEW CHAMBER OPERA income £41k
• ORA CHOIR income £282k
• THE ACORN MUSIC THEATRE TRUST income £33k
• BRITISH YOUTH OPERA income £446k

Side by side with its peers

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