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home >> charity search >> swansea city opera & the opera school wales
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

SWANSEA CITY OPERA & THE OPERA SCHOOL WALES

Swansea City Opera's principal activity is to tour affordable quality opera to under-resourced areas in Wales and the UK. This is supported by outreach and education activity to use opera as a tool to promote economic activity and prevent social exclusion among disadvantaged communities. In recent years the companies' activities have extended to musical heritage of disadvantaged groups.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely male?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/10/23£105£99£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/22£86£99£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/21£40£34£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/20£31£45£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/19£241£242£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/18£211£195£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/17£251£241£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/16£252£236£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/15£229£230£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/14£235£227£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/13£181£181£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/12£147£144£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/11*£196£192£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/10£206£205£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/09*£248£246£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/08£249£245£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/07£248£246£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/06£247£244£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/05£248£246£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/04£175£172£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years

www.swanseacityopera.com

enquiries@swanseacityopera.com

01874690254

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Postcode Community Trust£14,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£10,000 22/08/2023
24
Shoulder to Shoulder the Anthem
National Lottery Community Fund - Going Further
£10,000 21/06/2023
Swansea City Opera and The Opera School Wales in Brecon will collaborate with six Mens Sheds across Wales to use £10000 to develop a Mens Sheds anthem and deliver a Mens Sheds' opera to new communities across Wales. Bydd Swansea City Opera a The ....more
Postcode Community Trust - Developing Opera in the Sheds
£14,000 27/09/2022
Establishing singing as a mainstream activity across the Mens Shed Cymru network
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 06/05/2022
Shoulder to Shoulder - New Opera
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 - Men's Sheds Community Opera
£10,000 24/11/2020
11
Swansea City Opera will co-produce a musical production with Men’s Sheds Cymru to highlight the positive mental health benefits that the group can bring especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. £10000 will fund development musical and performance ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 07/03/2019
Cosí fan tutte 2019 Tour
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 20/09/2017
The Barber of Seville 2018 - Tour
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Swansea City Opera
£54,700 14/12/2015
Swansea Musical Routes
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-85
  • DR TERENCE MARK WATSON
  • GERALD CLEMENT Appointed: 2009, Occupation: None Retired
  • GORDON EDWARD KILBY (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired
  • JULIAN MEREDITH SEON WILLIAMS Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Publisher
  • TIMOTHY STOKES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Innovation Research Officer At Uwtsd
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/01/1998, number: 1067651
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/10/1996, number: 03260797
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR11: 149 days late, AR09: 0 days late,
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Objectives

(A) TO ADVANCE (ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD) THE EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF OPERA, IN PARTICULAR, BY THE PROVISION OF A SCHOOL FOR YOUNG PERSONS TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN THE THEORY, PRACTICE, PERFORMANCE, PRODUCTION, PRESENTATION, DIRECTION AND COMPOSITION OF OPERA AND THE MUSICAL ART IN ALL ITS FORMS; AND(B) TO ADVANCE (ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY FACILITATING AND ENABLING PEOPLE (PRINCIPALLY, DISPLACED PEOPLE) WHOSE ART, CULTURE AND HERITAGE IS UNDER THREAT TO CREATE AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OF THEIR CULTURAL AND SOCIETAL CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES, THEIR ORAL AND WRITTEN HISTORY AND THEIR CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC ENDEAVOURS.?

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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