OPERAUPCLOSE LTD

Charity Number: 1153307
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

OperaUpClose is a small, ambitious Olivier Award-winning touring opera company producing innovatively staged, unintimidating, affordable and high-quality English chamber re-imaginings of well-known works and premieres of new operas. Our mission is to show opera is a vibrant, living art-form for everyone to enjoy and be inspired by, regardless of gender, ethnicity, background and economic means.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £454,844
Total expenditure: £461,221

People

8 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 08 August 2013: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • UP CLOSE PRODUCTIONS (Previous name)
  • UPCLOSE PRODUCTIONS LONDON (Previous name)
Company number:
08613929 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Hazel Province Trustee 16 December 2024
WEYMOUTH ROWING CLUB
Received: On time
Clare Williams Trustee 11 January 2021
None on record
Carolyn Ward Trustee 11 January 2021
None on record
John Andrews Trustee 11 January 2021
None on record
Matthew Lyons Trustee 11 January 2021
None on record
CHARITH JEEVAKA LESLIE CABRAAL Trustee 02 August 2018
None on record
Amanda Helen Ariss OBE Trustee 01 November 2016
Debt Justice
Received: On time
Joe McFadden Trustee 01 November 2016
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £476.36k £254.69k £187.41k £250.34k £454.84k
Total expenditure £444.25k £148.47k £173.21k £205.72k £461.22k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £97.83k £43.80k N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 03 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 03 December 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 01 February 2024 1 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 01 February 2024 1 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 09 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 09 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 05 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 05 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 31 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 31 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/07/2013 as amended on 04 Aug 2021

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY THE ARTS OF OPERA, THEATRE AND DANCE, BY THE PRODUCTION OF OPERA, THEATRE AND DANCE BOTH IN THE UK AND INTERNATIONALLY, PARTICULARLY WITH THE INTENTION OF ATTRACTING NEW AUDIENCES TO THOSE ART FORMS BY PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTIONS AT AFFORDABLE PRICES, AND OF PROVIDING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMERGING ARTISTS.

Contact information

Address:
MAST Mayflower Studios
142-144 Above Bar St
Southampton
SO14 7DU
Phone:
02382 547320
Email:
info@operaupclose.com
Website:

www.operaupclose.com Open in new window