01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 22 March 2002
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 04352244
- Financial period
- 1 November 2024 – 31 October 2025
- Latest income
- £655,097
- Latest expenditure
- £666,753
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 3b, Market Street, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1LH
Website recorded by the regulator: www.ifopera.com (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Presentation of site-specific operas and musical activities at various locations in Wiltshire and surrounding, and in the community, involving young professional musicians
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £655,097
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £666,753
- Accounts Qualified
- Yes
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 March 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 March 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £566,807
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £531,642
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 July 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 11 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £489,250
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £672,517
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 July 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £700,625
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £641,824
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 June 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 June 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £353,537
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £348,638
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 November 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 29 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £655,097
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £666,753
- 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
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 50
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 26 March 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £566,807
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £531,642
- 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
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 50
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 11 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £489,250
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £672,517
- 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
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 65
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 27 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £700,625
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £641,824
- 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
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £117,077
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 50
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 27 June 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £353,537
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £348,638
- 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
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £117,077
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 100
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 November 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 29 June 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 278799
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 84865
- Income Charitable Activities
- 194017
- Income Investments
- 937
- Income Other
- 96479
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 655097
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £64,235
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £602,518
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 666753
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 11341
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 155039
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 215
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 216
- Assets Own Use
- 216
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £159,368
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £195,055
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£35,471
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 195055
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £46,403
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -45475
- Funds Restricted
- 10004
- Funds Total
- -35471
- Count Employees
- 4
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 26 March 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 279359
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 50940
- Income Charitable Activities
- 145915
- Income Investments
- 1070
- Income Other
- 89523
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 566807
- Income Legacies
- 15987
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £55,255
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £476,387
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 531642
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 11125
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 150925
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 215
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 431
- Assets Own Use
- 431
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £127,368
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £151,614
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£23,815
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 141105
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 10509
- Assets Cash
- £13,859
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -41347
- Funds Restricted
- 17532
- Funds Total
- -23815
- 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 November 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 27 July 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 309450
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 22750
- Income Charitable Activities
- 245166
- Income Investments
- 134
- Income Other
- 123125
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 700625
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £60,676
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £581,148
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 641824
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 16762
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 207151
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £124,287
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £197,950
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £73,663
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £124,287
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 42903
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 30760
- Assets Cash
- £22,824
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 124287
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 124287
- Count Employees
- 5
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Wiltshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Gloucestershire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Bristol City
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Dorset
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Bath And North East Somerset
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- IFORD ARTS LIMITED
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2002-03-22T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 JANUARY 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 22 MAY 2009. as amended on 28 Jun 2022
- Charitable Objects
- TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS IN WILTSHIRE, BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET AND BRISTOL AND THE WIDER SOUTH WEST REGION, USING A VARIETY OF VENUES; AND FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.
- Area Of Benefit
- WILTSHIRE, BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET AND BRISTOL AND PARTICULARLY IN THE GARDENS OF IFORD MANOR, NEAR BRADFORD ON AVON
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures