Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -2

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 modest backing from a grant maker recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

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		£86	£99	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/10/21		£40	£34	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/10/20		£31	£45	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/10/19		£241	£242	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/10/18		£211	£195	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/17		£251	£241	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/16		£252	£236	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/15		£229	£230	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/14		£235	£227	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/13		£181	£181	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/12		£147	£144	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/11	*	£196	£192	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/10		£206	£205	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/09	*	£248	£246	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/08		£249	£245	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/07		£248	£246	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/06		£247	£244	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/05		£248	£246	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/04		£175	£172	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 26 years

www.swanseacityopera.com

enquiries@swanseacityopera.com

01874690254

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

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'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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
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 ....more 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 Opera School Wales yn Aberhonddu yn cydweithio gyda chwe Sied Dynion yng Nghymru i ddefnyddio £10000 i ddatblygu “anthem Siediau Dynion” a chynnal opera Siediau Dynion i gymunedau newydd ledled Cymru.
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. ....more 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 workshops. Bydd Opera Dinas Abertawe yn cyd-gynhyrchu cynhyrchiad cerddorol gyda Men's Sheds Cymru i dynnu sylw at y manteision iechyd meddwl cadarnhaol y gall y grp eu cynnig yn enwedig yn ystod pandemig COVID-19. Bydd £10000 yn ariannu gweithdai datblygu cerddorol a pherfformiad.
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

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-85

GORDON EDWARD KILBY (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired

TIMOTHY STOKES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Innovation Research Officer At Uwtsd

DR TERENCE MARK WATSON, Other trusteeship: GWYNNE'S ALMSHOUSES,

GERALD CLEMENT Appointed: 2009, Occupation: None Retired

JULIAN MEREDITH SEON WILLIAMS Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Publisher

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

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

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR11: 149 days late, AR09: 0 days late,

Main office

RHYDYBERI COTTAGES
MERTHYR CYNOG
BRECON
LD3 9SA

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

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