THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 200024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as D'OYLY CARTE OPERA TRUST LIMITED

The principal activities and objects of the charity company are the production of Gilbert and Sullivan and other Operas for nationwide tours and the raising of funds to support these. The charity has a music hire dept. hiring musical scores to amateur societies and education institutes. In addition the charity sells merchandise.

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Latest income

£112k

Latest spending

£60k

Registered

1961

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves were £97,999 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £46,709. The trustees maintain that these reserves provide financial stability to meet obligations such as rent, salaries, and pension costs. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' expenditure (held: £98k)

“The intention is to maintain reserves at a level at least equivalent to three months' expenditure.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00682766

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.

GRIST, Paul — director, appointed 27/03/2023on trustee list
LENTON, Sarah, Rev — director, appointed 10/09/2020on trustee list
TRIPP, Michael Howard — director, appointed 10/09/2020on trustee list
MARTIN, Ian Seph — secretary, appointed 28/02/2013

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Michael Tripp
Paul Grist
Prof Ian Bradley
Rev Sarah Lenton

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£112k	£60k
31/12/2023	£79k	£67k
31/12/2022	£99k	£134k
31/12/2021	£140k	£115k
31/12/2020	£208	£0

Common questions

Is THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves were £97,999 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £46,709. The trustees maintain that these reserves provide financial stability to meet obligations such as rent, salaries, and pension costs. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE D'OYLY CARTE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE D'OYLY CARTE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£20k	Educational outreach work (3-year term grant)

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 KATHLEEN HANNAY MEMORIAL CHARITY	1	£38k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£16k
THE BEHRENS FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	1	£5k
INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FOUNDATION & FESTIVALS	1	£4k
THE MARCHUS TRUST	1	£4k
DAVID LAING FOUNDATION	1	£4k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OXFORD OPERA TRUST CIO.

OXFORD OPERA TRUST CIO income £104k
THE D'OYLY CARTE CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.5m
OPERAGLASS WORKS LTD income £53k
ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £285k
TETE A TETE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED income £184k
THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY income £178k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA TRUST LIMITED	£112k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OXFORD OPERA TRUST CIO FY2025	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE D'OYLY CARTE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£1.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OPERAGLASS WORKS LTD FY2025	£53k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£285k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TETE A TETE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED FY2025	£184k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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