BATH OPERA

Registered charity 1185066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Bath Opera advances the education and appreciation of opera for public benefit. It presents an annual fully staged opera and a summer tour of smaller-scale performances, increasing access in Bath and surrounding areas. It also supports emerging singers through the Bath Opera Young Artists Development Scheme (BOYADS).

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF OPERA MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: • PROMOTING INTEREST IN AND ACCESS TO OPERA THROUGH REGULAR PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, MASTER CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS; • FOSTERING MUSICAL EDUCATION BY OFFERING YOUNG SINGERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE EXPERIENCED OPERA PRACTITIONERS AND DEVELOP AS ARTISTS.

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 unrestricted income was £7,402 and total expenditure was £39,785, resulting in a net deficit for the year. However, unrestricted cash funds increased from £11,087 to £12,327, and total net assets rose to £16,868. The trustees confirm that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Act and no material matters require attention for a proper understanding of the accounts.

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 4 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Fiona Jane Graychair
• Alison Margaret Paine
• David John Palmer
• Janet Dorothy Cooper
• Jeremy Hugh Smeddle
• Professor Roderick Hunt · trustee of 2 other charities
• Robert Constantine

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Wiltshire

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