FRIENDS OF OPERA NORTH

Registered charity 507574 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FRIENDS OF ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA NORTH

Financial assistance towards the running costs of Opera North, by organising opera talks, concerts and recitals and by publicising opera events in the region.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, FOSTER AND ADVANCE IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND PARTICULARLY IN YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION OF OPERA CHORAL WORKS IN ALL THEIR ASPECTS AND RELATED ORCHESTRAL WORKS AND TO CO-OPERATE WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURAL SOCIETIES RELATING TO THE PRACTICE, PRESENTATION AND STUDY OF OPERA IN ORDER TO PROMOTE BETTER AND MORE WIDESPREAD PERFORMANCES OF OPERA, CHORAL AND ORCHESTERAL WORKS.

Area of benefit: YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE CITY OF KINGSTON UPON HULL

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 free reserves totalled £19,304, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover administrative costs and meet financial obligations for at least twelve months. The charity reported a net income surplus of £7,831 for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing from £11,473 to £19,304. The trustees confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL ANTHONY LEEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Aniruddha Dinanath Kaprekar · trustee of 2 other charities
• HENRIETTA JOWITT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Laura Frances Canning · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROSIE MILLARD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Victoria Emma Louise Wharton · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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