INTO OPERA

Registered charity 1183225 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance education in, and to promote and increase the enjoyment and appreciation of, opera and thearts (including music, drama, dance, design, film, the written word) for public benefit. Through so doing,the CIO aims to improve the accessibility of opera as an art form, nationally and internationally, seeking toget more people into opera as audience members and/or participants.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN, AND TO PROMOTE AND INCREASE THE ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATION OF, OPERA AND THE ARTS (INCLUDING MUSIC, DRAMA, DANCE, DESIGN, FILM, THE WRITTEN WORD) FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT. THROUGH SO DOING, THE CIO AIMS TO IMPROVE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OPERA AS AN ART FORM, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, SEEKING TO GET MORE PEOPLE INTO OPERA AS AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND/OR PARTICIPANTS.

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 total reserves increased to £127,467, with unrestricted funds rising to £32,547. The charity reported a net surplus of £31,084 for the year, having no pension fund liabilities or investments. Trustees confirmed that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing employment commitments.

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.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David John Walkerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Frances Mary Ludden
• Jaime Morgan Hitchcock
• John Nicholas Augustus Simpson
• Professor David George Waugh

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

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