OXFORD OPERA TRUST CIO

Registered charity 1193079 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXFORD OPERA COMPANY

- promoting public operatic performances- fostering musical education in young people through the development of youth programmes and outreach - such other means as the trustees decide from time to time

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF OPERA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- PROMOTING PUBLIC OPERATIC PERFORMANCES- FOSTERING MUSICAL EDUCATION IN YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH PROGRAMMES AND OUTREACH - SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE FROM TIME TO TIME

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

£104k

Latest spending

£163k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial footing has stabilised, with income exceeding expenditure during the period. The Trustees are satisfied that the charity remains a going concern and will continue to adopt this basis for the preparation of financial statements. The charity's activities are supported by private donations, ticket sales, and grants.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Oxford Opera (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Clifford Anthony Ryan FCA BFPchair
Anna Disley-Simpson
Anna Stamp
Dr Carli Coetzee · trustee of 1 other charity
Paul Anthony Anderson-Walsh
Roger Lee MA MSc
Serenna Wagner

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£104k	£163k
30/06/2024	£138k	£118k
30/06/2023	£137k	£61k
30/06/2022	£90k	£89k

Common questions

Is OXFORD OPERA TRUST CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial footing has stabilised, with income exceeding expenditure during the period. The Trustees are satisfied that the charity remains a going concern and will continue to adopt this basis for the preparation of financial statements. The charity's activities are supported by private donations, ticket sales, and grants. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE SCOPS ARTS TRUST	2	£37k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	2	£10k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£2k
THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION	1	£1.1m
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£350k
THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£70k
THE SACKLER TRUST	1	£50k
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	1	£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA TRUST LIMITED.

THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA TRUST LIMITED income £112k
OXFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TRUST income £3.1m
Bath Philharmonic Orchestra income £407k
OXFORD OPERATIC SOCIETY income £137k
OXFORD LIEDER income £710k
THE LOWESTOFT PLAYERS LIMITED income £169k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
OXFORD OPERA TRUST CIO	£104k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA TRUST LIMITED FY2024	£112k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OXFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TRUST FY2025	£3.1m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	within	—	no doubt
Bath Philharmonic Orchestra FY2025	£407k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
OXFORD OPERATIC SOCIETY FY2025	£137k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
OXFORD LIEDER FY2025	£710k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.