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Activities & Mission

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.

Fundraising

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Local Authority

Financial Information

Latest Income
£822,316
Latest Expenditure
£837,246

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 101.0%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 99.2%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 1.1%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £225,149
Charitable Activities £380,097
Other Trading £8,909
Investments £11,432
Other Income £196,729

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £830,499
Raising Funds £6,747
Governance £2,510
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£822,316£837,246£830,499£240,056£227,2870 / 89
2023£653,771£663,952£659,863£254,986£242,2170 / 60
2022£651,967£621,617£611,383£265,167£121,2090 / 56
2021£436,603£466,6640 / 48
2020£147,478£111,6150 / 16

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
Dorset Opera
Cheselbourne
Dorchester
Dorset
DT2 7NP
Registration Date
5 August 2004
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
4009771
Charity Number
1105318

Trustees

RODERICK IAIN MACGREGOR KENNEDY
Susannah Hubert
STEVEN DUDLEY NORMAN
GARRY PETER BATT
Jean Mary Lang Mrs
Paul Malcolm Jenner
His Honour David Euan Barron Grant
Merlin David Philip Lewis

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