SHADWELL OPERA LIMITED

Registered charity 1183059 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Shadwell Opera is one of the UK's leading opera voices, performing since 2009. We work with the UK's best young singers and instrumentalists, introducing people to British contemporary opera: in theatres, warehouses, churches, museums, and community centres. We educate schoolchildren about opera, and work with communities to give people their first experience of the art form.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, FOSTER AND MAINTAIN FOR THE EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AN APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS IN GENERAL, WITH EMPHASIS ON OPERATIC, ORCHESTRAL CHORAL AND OTHER MUSICAL WORKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

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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Latest income
£18k
Latest spending
£3k
Registered
2019

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Policies the charity declares

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Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£18k£3k
31/08/2024£37k£28k
31/08/2023£21k£23k
31/08/2022£64k£67k
31/08/2021£170k£154k

Common questions

Who funds SHADWELL OPERA LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SHADWELL OPERA LIMITED as a grant recipient include Laidlaw Opera Trust, THE MARCHUS TRUST, THE BOLTINI TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

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Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Laidlaw Opera TrustFY2025£10kUnrestricted grant
THE MARCHUS TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE BOLTINI TRUSTFY2025£1k