WATERPERRY OPERA FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1177966 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and advance the arts, by establishing and maintaining an Opera Festival for the public's appreciation of, and engagement with, opera, music and related arts. Also, to promote and advance education, by training young artists in the presentation of opera, music and related arts under a Young Artist Programme.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity delivered a surplus of £51,000 for the year ended 31 October 2025, driven by strong ticket sales and careful budgeting. Total funds carried forward were £89,600, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £77,000 from the previous year's £38,600. The trustees confirm the charity remains in a sound financial position and is a going concern.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House CE013808

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 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 (64% 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: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Howard Charles Gatisschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN LAWRENCE MELTZER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jeremy James Young · trustee of 2 other charities
• Judith Anne Tew · trustee of 1 other charity
• Roger Charles Dix · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sebastian John Munden · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Wilkinson

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

Operates in: Camden · Kent · Oxfordshire · Staffordshire · West Berkshire

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 THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY.

• THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY income £178k
• OPERA PRELUDE income £143k
• OPERA HOLLAND PARK income £5.7m
• LONGBOROUGH FESTIVAL OPERA income £3.0m
• PETWORTH FESTIVAL income £560k
• THE GRANGE FESTIVAL income £4.0m

Side by side with its peers

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