01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 5 August 2004
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 05170704
- Financial period
- 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
- Latest income
- £884,229
- Latest expenditure
- £821,714
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Dorset Opera, Cheselbourne, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7NP
Website recorded by the regulator: www.dorsetopera.com (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Providing an opportunity for young people to experience the demands and joys of participating in the choral or technical theatre aspects of opera production, through a residential summer school, alongside highly experienced professional soloist/tutors, production staff and orchestra, culminating typically in six public opera performances and a gala concert.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 April 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 11 April 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £884,229
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £821,714
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 13 May 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 13 May 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £822,316
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £837,246
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 June 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £653,771
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £663,952
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 April 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 April 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £651,967
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £621,617
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 April 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 April 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £436,603
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £466,664
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 October 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 11 April 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £884,229
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £821,714
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 61
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 13 May 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £822,316
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £837,246
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 89
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 28 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £653,771
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £663,952
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 60
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 17 April 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £651,967
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £621,617
- 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
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 56
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 28 April 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £436,603
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £466,664
- 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
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 48
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 October 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 11 April 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 320345
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 5201
- Income Charitable Activities
- 387869
- Income Investments
- 7093
- Income Other
- 163721
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 884229
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £7,147
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £814,567
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 821714
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 2310
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 17702
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 901
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £299,915
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3700
- Assets Own Use
- 3700
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £436,394
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £137,523
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £302,571
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 137523
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £252,992
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 299915
- Funds Restricted
- 2656
- Funds Total
- 302571
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 13 May 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 225149
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 8909
- Income Charitable Activities
- 380097
- Income Investments
- 11432
- Income Other
- 196729
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 822316
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £6,747
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £830,499
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 837246
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 2510
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 17649
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 852
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £227,287
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3179
- Assets Own Use
- 3179
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £331,200
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £94,323
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £240,056
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 94323
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £119,872
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 227287
- Funds Restricted
- 12769
- Funds Total
- 240056
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 28 June 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 139093
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 6163
- Income Charitable Activities
- 350276
- Income Investments
- 6239
- Income Other
- 152000
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 653771
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £4,089
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £659,863
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 663952
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 2351
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 16922
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 852
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £242,217
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4031
- Assets Own Use
- 4031
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £264,536
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £13,581
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £254,986
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 13581
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £111,256
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 242217
- Funds Restricted
- 12769
- Funds Total
- 254986
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 17 April 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 180010
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 11601
- Income Charitable Activities
- 319776
- Income Investments
- 1116
- Income Other
- 139464
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 651967
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £10,234
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £611,383
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 621617
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 2274
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 17233
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 738
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £121,209
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4883
- Assets Own Use
- 4883
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £286,140
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £25,856
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £265,167
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 25856
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £127,796
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 251092
- Funds Restricted
- 14075
- Funds Total
- 265167
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Dorset
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- DORSET OPERA
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2004-08-05T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 JULY 2004AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15 MAR 2017
- Charitable Objects
- "TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE, IN OPERA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:· ORGANISING SUMMER SCHOOLS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ASPIRING SINGERS, MUSICIANS AND PRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL BASED IN DORSET AND FURTHER AFIELD; AND · PRESENTING HIGH QUALITY OPERATIC PRODUCTIONS INVOLVING, WHERE POSSIBLE, SIGNIFICANT ROLES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHORISTERS"
- Area Of Benefit
- DORSET
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries