OPERA BRAVA LIMITED

Registered charity 328417 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OPERA BRAVA

Present quality operatic performances, in EnglishMake opera accessible and affordable to allProvide creative opportunities that nurture new talentInspire a passion for opera in the young through education and participationCommission new works"To awaken a new generation to the meaning and joy of opera, by educating the young, enthralling the old and encouraging participation for all".

Objects

(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY THE PRESENTATION AND PERFORMANCE OF OPERAS AND TO PROMOTE THE APPLICATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF OPERA AND TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS THE COMPANY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DERERMINE. (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN OPERA BY ESTABLISHING EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS TO PROMOTE THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN OPERA AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MUSIC AND DRAMA STUDENTS IN OPERA.

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: Lewes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit, with expenditure of £153,625 exceeding incoming resources of £144,196, resulting in a net movement in funds of (9,429). Unrestricted fund balances decreased from £18,016 to £8,587 at year-end. The trustees report that the company operates at or close to financial breakeven and have adopted the going concern basis, expressing reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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 3 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 03/11/2025, 3 days after the 31/10/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/03/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• AMANDA POMORSKA
• Madison Rogers
• Rosemary Anne Turner

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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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE EARLY OPERA COMPANY LIMITED.

• THE EARLY OPERA COMPANY LIMITED income £67k
• OPERA ANYWHERE LIMITED income £99k
• THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY income £178k
• OPERA RARA income £996k
• OPERA NORTH LIMITED income £18.8m
• ENSEMBLE ORQUESTA income £68k

Side by side with its peers

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