Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 1

HGO TRUST LTD

HGO brings live opera, fully staged with orchestra, at reasonable prices to the people of north London and offers performance opportunity and training to young singers.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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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
30/06/23	£231	£186	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/06/22	£137	£118	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
30/06/21	£57	£60	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/06/20	£66	£50	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/06/19	£76	£91	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
30/06/18	£92	£98	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/17	£52	£94	£-41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.hgo.org.uk

info@hgo.org.uk

07767203661

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Hertfordshire, Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 59-77

DAME EMMA KIRKBY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Singer And Teacher

DR PATRICIA CABREDO HOFHERR Appointed: 2016

MICHAEL JEROME HARPER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Singer And Teacher

STUART DAVID BARKER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Opera Director

WILLIAM STENGLER ENGLISH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

CAROLINE JANE MCLAREN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: THE MCLAREN TRUST,

DAVID ALLEN CONWAY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Development Aid Adviser, Other trusteeships: THE ALKAN SOCIETY, HAMPSTEAD GARDEN OPERA TRUST,

KATHERINE MARY DALLAS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Volunteer Arts Administrator, Other trusteeship: THE HIGHGATE LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION,

PHILIP JOHN SHEFFIELD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Opera Singer, Other trusteeship: HAMPSTEAD GARDEN OPERA TRUST,

WILLIAM HOWARD WILLIAMS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Conductor And Teacher, Other trusteeships: EAST LONDON MUSIC GROUP, FIGURE ENSEMBLE LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/07/2016, number: 1168484
Registered at Companies House on 25/03/2016, number: 10085558

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

107 OLD PARK AVENUE
ENFIELD
EN2 6PP

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC AND OPERATIC MUSIC IN PARTICULAR BY ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING THE STUDY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF OPERATIC ART AND BY PROMOTING AND/OR ORGANISING PERFORMANCES, CONCERTS, LECTURES AND READINGS OF OPERA OPERETTA AND MUSICAL WORKS GENERALLY TO THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARD IN GREAT BRITAIN AND ELSEWHERE.

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