ENGLISH TOURING OPERA LIMITED

Registered charity 279354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ETO, OPERA 80 LIMITED

English Touring Opera is one of the leading opera companies in the U.K. ETO is dedicated to producing and bringing high quality opera to the widest possible audiences through touring across the UK, to offering a comprehensive programme of community events, and to developing a pioneering access programme that seeks to open opera to audiences of all ages through learning and participation.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £29,503 for the year ended 30 June 2025, following a deficit in the prior year. The charity holds £600,000 in general unrestricted reserves, which the Trustees consider sufficient to protect the charity from unforeseen risks and continue operations. The financial outlook is supported by confirmed Arts Council England funding through 2027 and a strategy to maintain healthy reserve levels.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from above £60,000 (FY2024) to £80,000 - £90,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — English Touring Opera Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (73% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Leonora Hope Thomsonchair
• Abigail Rosanne Kelly
• BEVERLEY JANE DAVIES
• Charlotte Eloise Forrest
• Clark Henry-Brown
• Darren Edward Joyce · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Philip Ereira
• Dr Edward Joseph Frank Allen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joseph Matthew Kirk
• LAURA LIEDE
• Madeleine Virginia Tattersall · trustee of 2 other charities
• Patricia Ruth Cooper
• Stephen Harold Greenwood
• TREVOR MOROSS
• WILLIAM MORRIS BUSH

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE LIMITED.

• ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE LIMITED income £1.2m
• ACTORS TOURING COMPANY (LONDON) LIMITED income £539k
• GARSINGTON OPERA LIMITED income £9.9m
• GLYNDEBOURNE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED income £43.4m
• ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA income £26.9m
• OPERA BRAVA LIMITED income £155k

Side by side with its peers

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