Activities

As described by the charity on the register

The company engages in all aspects of staging opera and educational activity together with a wide range of related activities including concerts, broadcasts, recordings and publications.

Latest income

£18.0m

Expenditure

£18.3m

Financial year end

2025-08-31

Income & spending history

As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end

Year end Income Expenditure income spend
2021-08-31 £13.7m £11.9m
2022-08-31 £18.2m £20.2m
2023-08-31 £18.2m £20.7m
2024-08-31 £18.3m £20.6m
2025-08-31 £18.0m £18.3m

Latest detailed return

Year end 2025-08-31 · consolidated (group) figures

Income mix

Donations & legacies £2.8m
Charitable activities £1.9m
Trading £3.0m
Investment income £390k
Total income £18.0m

Spending

Charitable spend £15.4m
Raising funds £176k
Grants to institutions £0
Governance £4k
Total expenditure £18.3m

Balance sheet

Reserves £7.0m
Total funds £17.4m
— restricted £2.9m
— unrestricted £10.3m
— endowment £4.2m
Total assets £17.4m
Cash £4.0m

People

Employees 232

Classification

The charity's own register classification

What it does

  • Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who it helps

  • The General Public/mankind

How it works

  • Other Charitable Activities

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.