DUCHY OPERA TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 285212 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DUCHY OPERA

To educate the public in the dramatic and operatic arts and to further develop public appreciation and taste in said arts, through:1. the staging of "live" opera and operetta performances and concerts at various public venues in Cornwall and Devon and 2. an education programme aimed at involving the wider community, by means of school workshops and masterclasses.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS, TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS, TO ASSIST AND FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COUNCIL OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £2,435 for the year ended 28 February 2025, with unrestricted fund balances carried forward totalling £28,397. The trustees maintain general reserves in excess of 6 months of core, non-production expenditure, which are currently held in the bank. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the financial statements were materially non-compliant.

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 5 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
• Complaints handling
• 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 expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01639019

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.

• HARROP, Nicholas Lea — director, appointed 26/10/2025on trustee list
• LAMB, Margaret Kate — director, appointed 08/10/2023on trustee list
• SMITH ABBOTT, Karen Beverley — director, appointed 25/09/2022not on trustee list
• COLLINS, Paul Richard Arthur — director, appointed 18/07/2001on trustee list
• HARRIS, Karen Rachel — secretary, appointed 05/09/2019

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jennifer Cuthill
• Karen Beverley Smith Abbott
• Karen Rachel Harris
• Margaret Kate Lamb
• Nicholas Harrop
• PAUL RICHARD ARTHUR COLLINS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Joanne Hearn

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon

Income and spending

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