Finance Score: 6

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

Liabilities <10%: +3
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 21

GARSINGTON OPERA LIMITED

Established in 1989, Garsington Opera is a professional opera company which has established a reputation for producing opera of the highest standard with a repertoire that combines both well known operas and discoveries of little known works. Garsington Opera has played a full a role as possible in the local community and an educational programme is run in local schools.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Established: 33 years

garsingtonopera.org

office@garsingtonopera.org

01494376037

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/10/22	*	£10,175	£6,698	£3,477	£724	£15,156	£7,034	12.6	17	40
31/10/21		£10,093	£6,567	£3,526	£707	£11,047	£6,169	11.3	16	40
31/10/20		£3,258	£3,023	£234	£525	£6,748	£5,004	19.9	13	10
31/10/19		£6,888	£6,337	£552	£656	£6,485	£5,067	9.6	13	39
31/10/18	*	£6,404	£6,170	£233	£609	£5,799	£4,122	8	13	36
31/10/17		£6,394	£5,688	£706	£551	£5,611	£3,299	7	12	0
31/10/16	*	£5,498	£4,940	£558	£458	£4,837	£2,639	6.4	11	0
31/10/15		£4,718	£4,403	£316	£443	£4,251	£1,846	5	11	0
31/10/14		£4,529	£4,070	£459	£504	£3,941	£1,344	4	9	0
31/10/13		£3,621	£3,810	£-189	£311	£3,482	£1,100	3.5	9	0
31/10/12		£3,467	£3,289	£178	£430	£3,672	£1,058	3.9	7	0
31/10/11		£4,519	£3,151	£1,368	£545	£3,065	£553	2.1	7	0
31/10/10	*	£4,108	£2,917	£1,190	£543	£1,697	£661	2.7	7	0
31/10/09		£2,312	£2,348	£-36	£329	£506	£506	2.6	6	0
31/10/08		£2,345	£2,280	£65	£245	£543	£543	2.9	5	0
31/10/07		£2,277	£2,134	£143	£302	£478	£478	2.7	5	0
31/10/06		£2,177	£2,066	£112	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/05		£2,028	£2,003	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/04		£1,775	£1,727	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 46%
Reserves/Spending: 12.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 2.5

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

17 employees
40 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Wolfson Foundation	£250,000
Rothschild Foundation	£100,500
CHK Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Garsington Opera
£50,000	03/07/2023	GO Learning & Participation: increasing engagement in Buckinghamshire, with particular focus on reaching young people facing barriers to participation in the arts.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Garsington Opera
£500	01/03/2023	Cost of living supplementary grant
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Garsington Opera
£250,000	07/12/2022	Education and outreach facilities in new arts hub at Wormsley Estate, Buckinghamshire
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Garsington Opera
£50,000	08/07/2022	Garsington Opera’s Arts Hub, contributing much needed facilities for the cultural resilience of Buckinghamshire, and support for a year-round programme of creative life-long learning and community ....more Garsington Opera’s Arts Hub, contributing much needed facilities for the cultural resilience of Buckinghamshire, and support for a year-round programme of creative life-long learning and community engagement.
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£10,000	05/08/2021	to support specified work

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-85

CATHERINE INGRAMS Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Trainee Barrister

CLEMENTINE MEDINA MARKS Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Barrister (Non-Practising)

DAVID SURATGAR, Occupation: Banker

IAIN FRANCIS MACKINNON Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Accountant

LADY JENNIFER STRINGER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Doctor (Retired)

MIRANDA CURTIS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Company Director

NEIL GERALD ALEXANDER KING Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Co Director

NIGEL HIGGINS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Banker

PROFESSOR JONATHAN FREEMAN-ATTWOOD CBE Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeships: THE MENDELSSOHN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION (INCLUDING THE BOISE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION), THE SAGA TRUST, COUNTESS OF MUNSTER MUSICAL TRUST, RAM COLLECTIONS TRUST, CONSERVATOIRES UK,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/05/1991, number: 1003042
Registered at Companies House on 11/12/1990, number: 02567390

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR22: 4 days late, AR18: 11 days late, AR16: 91 days late, AR10: 28 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE LEONARD INGRAMS FOUNDATION on 11/05/2023

Main office

The Old Garage
The Green
Great Milton
Oxford
OX44 7NP

Objectives

A) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF OPERA, MUSIC, SINGING, DRAMA, BALLET, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING. B) TO SUPPORT SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AS THE COUNCIL OF MANAGEMENT SHALL IN ITS DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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