FRIENDS OF OPERA NORTH

Charity number: 507574
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Financial assistance towards the running costs of Opera North, by organising opera talks, concerts and recitals and by publicising opera events in the region.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £56,310
Total expenditure: £51,536

People

7 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

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

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 31 May 1978: Standard registration
  • 09 July 2025: Funds received from 326418 G C ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • THE FRIENDS OF ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA NORTH (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media 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

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
PAUL ANTHONY LEE Chair 05 December 2014
OPERA NORTH LIMITED
Received: On time
OPERA NORTH FUTURE FUND
Received: On time
CHORLTON & DIDSBURY FOODBANK
Received: On time
Victoria Emma Louise Wharton Trustee 19 March 2025
OPERA NORTH LIMITED
Received: On time
Aniruddha Dinanath Kaprekar Trustee 19 March 2025
OPERA NORTH LIMITED
Received: On time
Laura Frances Canning Trustee 19 March 2025
OPERA NORTH LIMITED
Received: On time
ROSIE MILLARD Trustee 15 January 2018
OPERA NORTH LIMITED
Received: On time
HENRIETTA JOWITT Trustee 12 January 2018
OPERA NORTH LIMITED
Received: On time
Cllr J Pryor Trustee 05 February 2016
LEEDS CULTURE TRUST
Received: 8 days late
OPERA NORTH LIMITED
Received: On time

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 £63.19k £78.63k £89.38k £53.81k £56.31k
Total expenditure £63.37k £2.80k £145.37k £71.53k £51.54k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A 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 14 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 14 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 10 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 10 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 17 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 17 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 11 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 26 January 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 18 January 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 18 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.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 2 MAY 1978 AS AMENDED 9 MARCH 1981

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, FOSTER AND ADVANCE IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND PARTICULARLY IN YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION OF OPERA CHORAL WORKS IN ALL THEIR ASPECTS AND RELATED ORCHESTRAL WORKS AND TO CO-OPERATE WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURAL SOCIETIES RELATING TO THE PRACTICE, PRESENTATION AND STUDY OF OPERA IN ORDER TO PROMOTE BETTER AND MORE WIDESPREAD PERFORMANCES OF OPERA, CHORAL AND ORCHESTERAL WORKS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE CITY OF KINGSTON UPON HULL

Contact information

Address:
Howard Opera Centre
8 Harrison Street
LEEDS
LEEDS
LS1 6PA
Phone:
01132233534
Email:
friends@operanorth.co.uk
Website:

No information available