BRITISH YOUTH OPERA

Registered charity 327927 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q4971264 · Wikipedia · also known as BYO

A year round programme of workshops, masterclasses and an extended rehearsal period leading to fully staged productions at a London theatre. This programme is designed to give emerging singers, musicians and technical trainees at the start of their careers the opportunity to work in a nurturing environment with a fully professional team.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC AND DRAMA, AND SPECIFICALLY THROUGH AN UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF OPERA.THE COMPANY MAY (A) PROVIDE INSTRUCTION, COACHING, ADVICE AND OTHER TRAINING OF SINGERS, INSTRUMENTALISTS, CONDUCTORS, DIRECTORS, PRODUCTION STAFF, AND OTHERS;(B) OFFER OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE PART IN REHEARSAL, PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTION; AND (C) PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR SUCH REHEARSAL, PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTION.

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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Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £357,831, which the Trustees consider to be more than sufficient to meet their stated policy target of retaining at least £50,000. The charity reported a net income of £91,984 for the year, supported by diverse incoming resources including grants, donations, and charitable activities.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 02322037

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.

• SACAU FERREIRA, Enrique — director, appointed 28/07/2025not on trustee list
• YOUNG, Toby Nicholas — director, appointed 01/03/2024on trustee list
• DONALDSON, Holiday — director, appointed 01/03/2024on trustee list
• RICHARDS, John Paul — director, appointed 01/03/2024on trustee list
• ROTHENBERG, John Daniel, Mr. — director, appointed 01/03/2024on trustee list
• SPENCE KC, Simon — director, appointed 01/03/2024not on trustee list
• SMITH, Jennifer Riley — director, appointed 23/09/2021on trustee list
• BARNETT-JONES, Claire, Dr — director, appointed 23/09/2021on trustee list
• MARCHINGTON, Tessa — director, appointed 23/09/2021not on trustee list
• MCNAUGHT-DAVIS, James Anthony — director, appointed 23/09/2021on trustee list
• BROOMAN, Richard John — director, appointed 22/04/2013on trustee list
• PATALONG, Anna — secretary, appointed 30/03/2022

Official officers record.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 20.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Barnett-Jones
• Enrique Sacau Ferreira
• Holiday Donaldson
• Jennifer Smith
• John Richards
• John Rothenberg
• RICHARD BROOMAN
• Simon Spence KC · trustee of 1 other charity
• dr Toby Young

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN.

• THE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN income £5.2m
• BATH OPERA income £42k
• BRISTOL MUSICAL YOUTH PRODUCTIONS income £66k
• PETERSFIELD YOUTH THEATRE income £246k
• CROYDON YOUTH THEATRE ORGANISATION income £140k
• BIRMINGHAM OPERA COMPANY income £824k

Side by side with its peers

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