01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 5 August 1970
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 00982535
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £995,552
- Latest expenditure
- £1,163,707
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Studio 11 Cloisters House, 8 Battersea Park Road, London, SW8 4BG
Website recorded by the regulator: http://www.opera-rara.com (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Opera Rara widens the operatic repertoire and develops artistic talent by restoring,recording, performing and promiting rare and forgotten works from the 19th and 20th centuries. We spend our charitable income on the execution of recording projects and on the production of concerts while nurturing the current and next generation of remarkable singers, as we have done since 1970.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 December 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £995,552
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,163,707
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 20 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 20 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £895,866
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £851,621
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £710,255
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £913,934
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 January 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £732,034
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £546,042
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 December 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 December 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £930,420
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £339,177
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 17 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £995,552
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,163,707
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 110001 120000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 130001 140000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 140001 150000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 150001 200000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 200001 250000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 250001 300000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 300001 350000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 350001 400000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 400001 450000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 450001 500000
- 0
- Count Salary Band Over 500000
- 0
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 20 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £895,866
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £851,621
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 110001 120000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 130001 140000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 140001 150000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 150001 200000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 200001 250000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 250001 300000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 300001 350000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 350001 400000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 400001 450000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 450001 500000
- 0
- Count Salary Band Over 500000
- 0
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 17 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £710,255
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £913,934
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 16 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £732,034
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £546,042
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 21 December 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £930,420
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £339,177
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 17 December 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 806406
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 172959
- Income Investments
- 16187
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 995552
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £118,702
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,045,005
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1163707
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 12708
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 52684
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 1761
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £500,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3326
- Assets Own Use
- 3326
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £676,578
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £126,416
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £553,488
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 126416
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £520,823
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 550918
- Funds Restricted
- 2570
- Funds Total
- 553488
- Count Employees
- 6
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 20 January 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 714433
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 167306
- Income Investments
- 14127
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 895866
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £73,733
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £777,888
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 851621
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 13732
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 46408
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 1453
- Gain Loss Investment
- 14127
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £719,073
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2809
- Assets Own Use
- 2809
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £923,307
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £204,473
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £721,643
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 204473
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £748,489
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 719073
- Funds Restricted
- 2570
- Funds Total
- 721643
- Count Employees
- 5
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 17 January 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 560461
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 141574
- Income Investments
- 8220
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 710255
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £65,404
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £848,530
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 913934
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 56971
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 1049
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £674,828
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2094
- Assets Own Use
- 2094
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £848,645
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £173,341
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £677,398
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 173341
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £659,978
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 674828
- Funds Restricted
- 2570
- Funds Total
- 677398
- Count Employees
- 4
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 16 January 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 632101
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 98410
- Income Investments
- 1523
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 732034
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £80,475
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £465,567
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 546042
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 8527
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 39176
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 1107
- Gain Loss Investment
- 1523
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £875,444
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2310
- Assets Own Use
- 2310
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,090,196
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £211,429
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £881,077
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 211429
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £969,336
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 875444
- Funds Restricted
- 5633
- Funds Total
- 881077
- Count Employees
- 4
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 21 December 2021
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 838310
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 91550
- Income Investments
- 560
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 930420
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £68,354
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £270,823
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 339177
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 47133
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 47133
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 1434
- Gain Loss Investment
- 560
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £636,731
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3417
- Assets Own Use
- 3417
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £977,012
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £285,344
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £695,085
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 285344
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £917,012
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 636731
- Funds Restricted
- 58354
- Funds Total
- 695085
- Count Employees
- 4
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout London
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- OPERA RARA
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1970-08-05T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 19TH JUNE 1970 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED 2ND SEPTEMBER 1998, 1ST SEPTEMBER 1999 AND 16TH MAY 2001. as amended on 14 Dec 2020 as amended on 22 Jun 2024 as amended on 22 Jun 2024 as amended on 22 Jun 2024
- Charitable Objects
- The Charity?s objects are specifically restricted to the following: To advance the education of the public by encouraging and promoting the study of operatic art and in particular the lesser-known works of operatic art through research, making recordings for sale and distribution to the public and performance in public concerts and by such other activities as the trustees shall think fit; To further the education of young singers and artists by providing opportunities to partake in operatic and orchestral performances and concerts; To encourage and support for the public benefit all art forms, particularly but not exclusively involving operatic art and other forms of music, including other cultural and educational activities in order to make these more accessible to the public; and To benefit any charity and to further any purposes in the operatic sector which are charitable in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. This provision may be amended by special resolution but only with the prior written consent of the Commission.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 198030
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- OPERA RARA LIMITED
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures