THAMES OPERA COMPANY LTD

Registered charity 1201123 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the promotion of the arts for the benefit of the public through the presentation of dramatic and other arts in particular opera.For the advancement of education of the public in dramatic and other arts, predominantly in the Thames Gateway area.

Objects

4. OBJECTSTHE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:4.1 FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF DRAMATIC AND OTHER ARTS IN PARTICULAR OPERA.4.2 FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN DRAMATIC AND OTHER ARTS, PREDOMINANTLY IN THE THAMES GATEWAY AREA.

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: Thurrock, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £61,364 at year-end, which is below its stated policy target of six months of running costs. The filing notes that the charity benefitted from a generous financial donation after the year end, which secured its ability to further its charitable objectives.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 13055360 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HAMILTON, Irene — director, appointed 18/10/2021on trustee list
• MCDONACH, Daniela Claire — director, appointed 18/10/2021on trustee list
• SMITH, Matthew David — director, appointed 29/03/2021on trustee list
• JONES, Allen Newton — director, appointed 01/12/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Matthew David Smithchair
• Allen Newton Jones
• Irene Hamilton

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Essex · Havering · Kent · Thurrock

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NOTTINGHAM OPERATIC SOCIETY.

• THE NOTTINGHAM OPERATIC SOCIETY income £611k
• Chester Music and Theatre Company income £29k
• THE BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND OPERATIC SOCIETY income £242k
• THAME PLAYERS THEATRE COMPANY income £146k
• THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY income £178k
• OPERA ANYWHERE LIMITED income £99k

Side by side with its peers

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