SPECTRA ENSEMBLE

Registered charity 1185940 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Since 2015, Spectra Ensemble has been giving life to works that challenge traditional definitions of opera. Drawing inspiration from the early twentieth century, we focus on operas that fuse genres and media to create a mode of storytelling that offers something for everyone. With a broad programme of performances and education workshops, Spectra Ensemble opens opera up to brand new audiences.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF OPERA, AS WELL AS ASSOCIATED AURAL AND VISUAL ARTS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AND RELATED EDUCATIONAL EVENTS.

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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Registered contact address: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£10k
Latest spending
£4k
Registered
2019

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 2

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2024 (received 06/02/2025, 1 day after the 05/02/2025 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 19/04/2024, 74 days after the 05/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£10k£4k
05/04/2024£2k£2k
05/04/2023£20k£31k
05/04/2022£0£0
05/04/2021£23k£4k

Common questions

Who funds SPECTRA ENSEMBLE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SPECTRA ENSEMBLE as a grant recipient include THE MARCHUS TRUST, DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MARCHUS TRUSTFY2025£4k
THE MARCHUS TRUSTFY2023£3k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUNDFY2022Unverified read£3k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kSingle payment

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.