Laidlaw Opera Trust — grant history

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Latest income
£3.1m
Grants listed (FY2025)
27
Listed grants total
£3.8m
Accounts grants total
£2.7m

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

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What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (6 grantees)
  • Throughout England (3 grantees)
  • Scotland (3 grantees)
  • Throughout London (3 grantees)
  • Gloucestershire (1 grantee)
  • Hampshire (1 grantee)
  • Coventry City (1 grantee)
  • Oxfordshire (1 grantee)
  • Dudley (1 grantee)
  • Kent (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newThe Metropolitan Opera of New York—£788k
newPEGASUS OPERA COMPANY LIMITED—£600k
newIrish National Opera—£407k
newOPERA NORTH LIMITED—£200k
newRoyal Ballet and Opera—£200k
newENGLISH TOURING OPERA LIMITED—£200k
newOxford Philharmonic Orchestra—£100k
newNorthern Ireland Opera—£35k
upTHE GRANGE FESTIVAL£50k£408k
upDiva Opera£100k£313k
not listedThe Laidlaw Schools Trust£3.7m—
not listedThe Metropolitan Opera£1.2m—
not listedROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN FOUNDATION£100k—
not listedSavonlinna£86k—
not listedWomen in Business£50k—
not listedOpéra de Monte-Carlo£9k—
not listedBrown University£776—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
The Metropolitan Opera of New YorkFY2025£788kRestricted grant (pledge payments)
Pegasus Opera CompanyFY2025£600kRestricted grant
The Grange FestivalFY2025£408kRestricted grant
Irish National OperaFY2025£407kRestricted grant
Diva OperaFY2025£313kUnrestricted grants / platter part of 2024 and 2025
GlyndebourneFY2025£250kRestricted grant (year 2 of 2 year pledge)
Opera NorthFY2025£200kRestricted grant
Royal Ballet and OperaFY2025£200kUnrestricted grant
English Touring OperaFY2025£200kRestricted grant for learning and participation work
Oxford Philharmonic OrchestraFY2025£100kUnrestricted grant
Northern Ireland OperaFY2025£35kUnrestricted grant
Buxton International FestivalFY2025£35kUnrestricted grant
Opera Holland ParkFY2025£35kUnrestricted grant
Music Theatre WalesFY2025£33kUnrestricted grant
OperaUpCloseFY2025£22kUnrestricted grant
Dorset Opera FestivalFY2025£22kUnrestricted grant
Mid Wales OperaFY2025£22kUnrestricted grant
Shadwell OperaFY2025£10kUnrestricted grant
Wexford Festival OperaFY2025£10kUnrestricted grant
Welsh National OperaFY2025£10kUnrestricted grant
Waterperry Opera FestivalFY2025£10kUnrestricted grant
Scottish OperaFY2025£10kUnrestricted grant
Opera RaraFY2025£10kUnrestricted grant
Opera de Monte CarloFY2025£10kUnrestricted grant
Longborough Festival OperaFY2025£10kUnrestricted grant
If OperaFY2025£10kUnrestricted grant
Birmingham Opera CompanyFY2025£10kUnrestricted grant
The Laidlaw Schools TrustFY2024£3.7mCharitable donation
The Metropolitan OperaFY2024£1.2mGrant funding of activities
GlyndebourneFY2024£400kGrant funding of activities
Royal Opera House Covent Garden FoundationFY2024£100kGrant funding of activities
Diva OperaFY2024£100kGrant funding of activities
SavonlinnaFY2024£86kGrant funding of activities
Women in BusinessFY2024£50kGrant funding of activities (London Business School and Said Oxford Business School)
Grange FestivalFY2024£50kGrant funding of activities
Opéra de Monte-CarloFY2024£9kGrant funding of activities
Brown UniversityFY2024£776Grant funding of activities
London Business School (Women in Business)FY2023£3.7mGrants to institutions
Laidlaw Schools TrustFY2023£3.3mGrants to institutions
Laidlaw Teaching and Leadership Centre (Buildings)FY2023£910kGrants to institutions
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in LausanneFY2023£643kGrants to institutions
Other - Laidlaw Foundation, SwitzerlandFY2023£643kGrants to institutions
Said Oxford Business School (Women in Business)FY2023£71kGrants to institutions
Newham CollegeFY2023£0Grants to institutions
Trinity College Dublin (Women in Business)FY2023£0Grants to institutions
Georgetown UniversityFY2023£0Grants to institutions
University of TorontoFY2023£0Grants to institutions
Other - Ukranian SOS appealFY2023£0Grants to institutions
Brown UniversityFY2023£0Grants to institutions
Laidlaw Schools TrustFY2022£1.9mLaidlaw Schools Trust
Singapore UniversityFY2022£950kLaidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in LausanneFY2022£950kLaidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme
Columbia UniversityFY2022£950kLaidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme
Trinity Coltege Dublin (Women in Business)FY2022£931kWomen in Business
Georgetown UniversityFY2022£931kLaidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme
Cornell UniversityFY2022£931kLaidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme
University of TuftsFY2022£917kLaidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme
Columbia Business SchoolFY2022£917kLaidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme
Royal Opera HouseFY2022£917kLaidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme
University of Hong KongFY2022£917kLaidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme
Barnard CollegeFY2022£917kLaidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme
London School of EconomicsFY2022£917kLaidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme
University of TorontoFY2022£810kLaidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme
Newham CollegeFY2022£810kLaidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme
University of DurhamFY2022£810kLaidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme
Leeds UniversityFY2022£810kLaidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme
Said Oxford Business School (Women in Business)FY2022£375kWomen in Business
Laidlaw Teaching and Leadership Centre (Buildings)FY2022£329kBuildings
Ukranian SOS Fund (Other)FY2022£250kOther
Laidlaw Schools TrustFY2021£3.1mLaidlaw Schools Trust
Laidlaw Teaching and Leadership CentreFY2021£2.4mBuildings
Columbia Business SchoolFY2021£2.2mWomen in Business (Columbia Business School)
Said Oxford Business SchoolFY2021£1.4mWomen in Business
Barnard CollegeFY2021£870kLaidlaw Scholars
University of TuftsFY2021£855kLaidlaw Scholars
Cornell UniversityFY2021£825kLaidlaw Scholars
Columbia UniversityFY2021£811kLaidlaw Scholars
London School of EconomicsFY2021£810kLaidlaw Scholars
Leeds UniversityFY2021£740kLaidlaw Scholars
Trinity College DublinFY2021£731kLaidlaw Scholars
University of DurhamFY2021£510kLaidlaw Scholars
University of Hong KongFY2021£454kLaidlaw Scholars
Royal Opera HouseFY2021£250kOther
University of OxfordFY2021£-39kLaidlaw Scholars
University of TorontoFY2021£-112kLaidlaw Scholars
Singapore UniversityFY2021£-204kLaidlaw Scholars

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 3769695 vs reference 2731846 (38.0% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.