PRESTON OPERA
Charity number: 512872
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The objects of Preston Opera are to entertain and educate the public in the operatic arts by promoting productions of operas, operettas, operatic concerts and recitals of educative value.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2025
Total income: £25,775
Total expenditure: £27,006
People
4 Trustee(s)
10 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
No information available
Trading
One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
- Lancashire
Governance
Registration history:
- 17 September 1982: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
- PRESTON OPERA COMPANY (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Risk management
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
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
4 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| Kevin hesketh | Chair | 23 January 2017 |
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| Michael Akers | Trustee | 24 April 2024 |
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| Susan Rice | Trustee | 04 April 2024 |
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| Marie'Louise Lane | Trustee | 03 March 2022 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | 31/12/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £2.85k | £10.81k | £25.98k | £28.66k | £25.78k | |
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Total expenditure | £5.72k | £23.43k | £23.75k | £33.85k | £27.01k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | £500 | 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 |
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| Annual return | 31 December 2025 | 03 February 2026 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2025 | 03 February 2026 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2024 | 07 March 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2024 | 07 March 2025 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 03 January 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 12 March 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 19 January 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 13 March 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | Not required |