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Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 2
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

WATERPERRY OPERA FESTIVAL

To promote and advance the arts, by establishing and maintaining an Opera Festival for the public's appreciation of, and engagement with, opera, music and related arts. Also, to promote and advance education, by training young artists in the presentation of opera, music and related arts under a Young Artist Programme.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
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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£615£629£-14£2£7£70.1145
31/10/22£426£420£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/21£229£246£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/20£96£69£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/19£183£184£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/18£91£88£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 94%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 7 years

www.waterperryoperafestival.co.uk

info@waterperryoperafestival.co.uk

07506566444

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Camden, Kent, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, West Berkshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Fenton Arts Trust - Beneficiaries 2022 – 2023
£3,850 31/03/2023
Our Young Artist Programme is a fully-funded unique training and development programme focused on diversity and opportunity.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

  • BABONGILE ZIBUSISO BETHULE Appointed: 2023
  • HOWARD CHARLES GATISS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • JOHN LAWRENCE MELTZER Appointed: 2018
  • JEREMY JAMES YOUNG Appointed: 2021
  • JUDITH ANNE TEW CHAIR Appointed: 2019
  • ROGER CHARLES DIX Appointed: 2021
  • SEBASTIAN JOHN MUNDEN Appointed: 2023
  • SUSAN WILKINSON Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/04/2018, number: 1177966
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

CEO
WATERPERRY OPERA FESTIVAL
ORCHARD BARN
ILMER
PRINCES RISBOROUGH
BUCKINGH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1.1 FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE ARTS, BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING AN OPERA FESTIVAL FOR THE PUBLIC'S APPRECIATION OF, AND ENGAGEMENT WITH, OPERA, MUSIC AND RELATED ARTS. 1.2 FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, BY TRAINING YOUNG ARTISTS IN THE PRESENTATION OF OPERA, MUSIC AND RELATED ARTS, AS PART OF THE OPERA FESTIVAL REFERRED TO IN 1.1 ABOVE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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