01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 17 September 1982
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £25,775
- Latest expenditure
- £27,006
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 5 Baytree Close, Lostock Hall, PRESTON, PR5 5YZ
Website recorded by the regulator: www.prestonopera.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The objects of Preston Opera are to entertain and educate the public in the operatic arts by promoting productions of operas, operettas, and operatic concerts. Our Charitable Aims are: Promote the Operatic Arts; Stage High-Quality Productions; Develop Emerging Talent; Enable Inclusive and Accessible Participation; Foster Health and Wellbeing & Provide Community Artistic Fulfilment.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 3 February 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 3 February 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £25,775
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £27,006
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 7 March 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 7 March 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £28,663
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £33,849
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 3 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 March 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £25,983
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £23,750
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £10,812
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £23,427
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 13 March 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £2,847
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,718
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 3 February 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £25,775
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £27,006
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- 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
- Count Volunteers
- 10
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 7 March 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £28,663
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £33,849
- 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
- Count Volunteers
- 20
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 3 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £25,983
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £23,750
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £500
- 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
- Count Volunteers
- 20
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 19 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £10,812
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £23,427
- 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
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 5
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Lancashire
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- PRESTON OPERA
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1982-09-17T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 29 JULY 1982 AS AMENDED 16 AUGUST 1990.
- Charitable Objects
- TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE OPERATIC ARTS TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS, TO ASSIST AND FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION)
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
09 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 145878
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- PRESTON OPERA COMPANY
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures