Laidlaw Opera Trust — grant history
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
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Throughout England And Wales
- Throughout England
- Scotland
- Throughout London
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Coventry City
- Oxfordshire
- Dudley
- Kent
What changed: FY2024 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | The Metropolitan Opera of New York | — | £788k |
| new | PEGASUS OPERA COMPANY LIMITED | — | £600k |
| new | Irish National Opera | — | £407k |
| new | OPERA NORTH LIMITED | — | £200k |
| new | Royal Ballet and Opera | — | £200k |
| new | ENGLISH TOURING OPERA LIMITED | — | £200k |
| new | Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra | — | £100k |
| new | Northern Ireland Opera | — | £35k |
| up | THE GRANGE FESTIVAL | £50k | £408k |
| up | Diva Opera | £100k | £313k |
| not listed | The Laidlaw Schools Trust | £3.7m | — |
| not listed | The Metropolitan Opera | £1.2m | — |
| not listed | ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN FOUNDATION | £100k | — |
| not listed | Savonlinna | £86k | — |
| not listed | Women in Business | £50k | — |
| not listed | Opéra de Monte-Carlo | £9k | — |
| not listed | Brown University | £776 | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Metropolitan Opera of New York | FY2025 | £788k | Restricted grant (pledge payments) |
| Pegasus Opera Company | FY2025 | £600k | Restricted grant |
| The Grange Festival | FY2025 | £408k | Restricted grant |
| Irish National Opera | FY2025 | £407k | Restricted grant |
| Diva Opera | FY2025 | £313k | Unrestricted grants / platter part of 2024 and 2025 |
| Glyndebourne | FY2025 | £250k | Restricted grant (year 2 of 2 year pledge) |
| Opera North | FY2025 | £200k | Restricted grant |
| Royal Ballet and Opera | FY2025 | £200k | Unrestricted grant |
| English Touring Opera | FY2025 | £200k | Restricted grant for learning and participation work |
| Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra | FY2025 | £100k | Unrestricted grant |
| Northern Ireland Opera | FY2025 | £35k | Unrestricted grant |
| Buxton International Festival | FY2025 | £35k | Unrestricted grant |
| Opera Holland Park | FY2025 | £35k | Unrestricted grant |
| Music Theatre Wales | FY2025 | £33k | Unrestricted grant |
| OperaUpClose | FY2025 | £22k | Unrestricted grant |
| Dorset Opera Festival | FY2025 | £22k | Unrestricted grant |
| Mid Wales Opera | FY2025 | £22k | Unrestricted grant |
| Shadwell Opera | FY2025 | £10k | Unrestricted grant |
| Wexford Festival Opera | FY2025 | £10k | Unrestricted grant |
| Welsh National Opera | FY2025 | £10k | Unrestricted grant |
| Waterperry Opera Festival | FY2025 | £10k | Unrestricted grant |
| Scottish Opera | FY2025 | £10k | Unrestricted grant |
| Opera Rara | FY2025 | £10k | Unrestricted grant |
| Opera de Monte Carlo | FY2025 | £10k | Unrestricted grant |
| Longborough Festival Opera | FY2025 | £10k | Unrestricted grant |
| If Opera | FY2025 | £10k | Unrestricted grant |
| Birmingham Opera Company | FY2025 | £10k | Unrestricted grant |
| The Laidlaw Schools Trust | FY2024 | £3.7m | Charitable donation |
| The Metropolitan Opera | FY2024 | £1.2m | Grant funding of activities |
| Glyndebourne | FY2024 | £400k | Grant funding of activities |
| Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation | FY2024 | £100k | Grant funding of activities |
| Diva Opera | FY2024 | £100k | Grant funding of activities |
| Savonlinna | FY2024 | £86k | Grant funding of activities |
| Women in Business | FY2024 | £50k | Grant funding of activities (London Business School and Said Oxford Business School) |
| Grange Festival | FY2024 | £50k | Grant funding of activities |
| Opéra de Monte-Carlo | FY2024 | £9k | Grant funding of activities |
| Brown University | FY2024 | £776 | Grant funding of activities |
| London Business School (Women in Business) | FY2023 | £3.7m | Grants to institutions |
| Laidlaw Schools Trust | FY2023 | £3.3m | Grants to institutions |
| Laidlaw Teaching and Leadership Centre (Buildings) | FY2023 | £910k | Grants to institutions |
| Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne | FY2023 | £643k | Grants to institutions |
| Other - Laidlaw Foundation, Switzerland | FY2023 | £643k | Grants to institutions |
| Said Oxford Business School (Women in Business) | FY2023 | £71k | Grants to institutions |
| Newham College | FY2023 | £0 | Grants to institutions |
| Trinity College Dublin (Women in Business) | FY2023 | £0 | Grants to institutions |
| Georgetown University | FY2023 | £0 | Grants to institutions |
| University of Toronto | FY2023 | £0 | Grants to institutions |
| Other - Ukranian SOS appeal | FY2023 | £0 | Grants to institutions |
| Brown University | FY2023 | £0 | Grants to institutions |
| Laidlaw Schools Trust | FY2022 | £1.9m | Laidlaw Schools Trust |
| Singapore University | FY2022 | £950k | Laidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme |
| Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne | FY2022 | £950k | Laidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme |
| Columbia University | FY2022 | £950k | Laidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme |
| Trinity Coltege Dublin (Women in Business) | FY2022 | £931k | Women in Business |
| Georgetown University | FY2022 | £931k | Laidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme |
| Cornell University | FY2022 | £931k | Laidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme |
| University of Tufts | FY2022 | £917k | Laidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme |
| Columbia Business School | FY2022 | £917k | Laidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme |
| Royal Opera House | FY2022 | £917k | Laidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme |
| University of Hong Kong | FY2022 | £917k | Laidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme |
| Barnard College | FY2022 | £917k | Laidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme |
| London School of Economics | FY2022 | £917k | Laidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme |
| University of Toronto | FY2022 | £810k | Laidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme |
| Newham College | FY2022 | £810k | Laidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme |
| University of Durham | FY2022 | £810k | Laidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme |
| Leeds University | FY2022 | £810k | Laidlaw Scholars Research & Development Programme |
| Said Oxford Business School (Women in Business) | FY2022 | £375k | Women in Business |
| Laidlaw Teaching and Leadership Centre (Buildings) | FY2022 | £329k | Buildings |
| Ukranian SOS Fund (Other) | FY2022 | £250k | Other |
| Laidlaw Schools Trust | FY2021 | £3.1m | Laidlaw Schools Trust |
| Laidlaw Teaching and Leadership Centre | FY2021 | £2.4m | Buildings |
| Columbia Business School | FY2021 | £2.2m | Women in Business (Columbia Business School) |
| Said Oxford Business School | FY2021 | £1.4m | Women in Business |
| Barnard College | FY2021 | £870k | Laidlaw Scholars |
| University of Tufts | FY2021 | £855k | Laidlaw Scholars |
| Cornell University | FY2021 | £825k | Laidlaw Scholars |
| Columbia University | FY2021 | £811k | Laidlaw Scholars |
| London School of Economics | FY2021 | £810k | Laidlaw Scholars |
| Leeds University | FY2021 | £740k | Laidlaw Scholars |
| Trinity College Dublin | FY2021 | £731k | Laidlaw Scholars |
| University of Durham | FY2021 | £510k | Laidlaw Scholars |
| University of Hong Kong | FY2021 | £454k | Laidlaw Scholars |
| Royal Opera House | FY2021 | £250k | Other |
| University of Oxford | FY2021 | £-39k | Laidlaw Scholars |
| University of Toronto | FY2021 | £-112k | Laidlaw Scholars |
| Singapore University | FY2021 | £-204k | Laidlaw Scholars |