OPDA

Registered charity 1179697 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activities and objects of the charity are to advance the education of the public in the artsof choral, orchestral and other music by the presentation of concerts, recitals and recordings of higheducational and artistic merit.

Objects

THE OBJECT IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF, DRAMA, DANCE AND MUSIC, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND CLASSES.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned to a surplus of £22,403 after reducing expenditure, but unrestricted reserves remain negative at £87,627. The trustees note a positive financial trajectory and improved cash position while continuing to repay historic HMRC liabilities. The charity is investing in growth through student recruitment and facility improvements.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11077278 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HARDY, Emma Jane — director, appointed 22/11/2017on trustee list
• KEATING, Daniel — director, appointed 22/11/2017on trustee list
• NEWELL, Zoe — director, appointed 22/11/2017on trustee list
• KEATING, Daniel — secretary, appointed 22/11/2017

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (100% 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: 95.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DANIEL KEATINGchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• EMMA JANE HARDY
• ZOE CHRISTINA NEWELL

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

Operates in: Bedford

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• OPERA NORTH LIMITED income £18.8m
• OXFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TRUST income £3.1m
• OXFORD LIEDER income £710k
• ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £11.8m
• PETERBOROUGH SINGS! income £248k
• OXFORDSHIRE PLAY ASSOCIATION income £170k

Side by side with its peers

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