Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 13

MAHOGANY OPERA GROUP

Mahogany Opera Group creates new opera in new ways, touring the UK and internationally, performing in different spaces and places, collaborating with various cultures and genres and working with a range of partners. We develop new ideas, techniques and artists, involving local communities actively in the process and sharing each distinct project with a broad audience.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 26 years

www.mahoganyopera.co.uk

enquiries@mahoganyopera.co.uk

02031111940

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23		£260	£274	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£216	£198	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£124	£164	£-39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£231	£239	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£158	£217	£-59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£576	£445	£131	£8	£473	£453	12.2	2
31/03/17		£619	£639	£-20	£21	£342	£329	6.2	5
31/03/16		£571	£522	£49	£28	£362	£178	4.1	4
31/03/15		£663	£647	£16	£5	£313	£313	5.8	3
31/03/14		£978	£857	£121	£4	£297	£295	4.1	3
31/03/13		£1,055	£1,030	£25	£4	£175	£174	2	4
31/03/12?		£1,013	£1,050	£-38	£4	£150	£149	1.7	5
31/12/10		£1,091	£1,043	£48	£4	£188	£168	1.9	3
31/12/09		£552	£492	£60	£11	£140	£128	3.1	2
31/12/08		£582	£568	£14	£11	£80	£2	0	2
31/12/07		£452	£425	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/06		£296	£290	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/05?	*	£151	£140	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/04		£336	£240	£96	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£40,000
The Foyle Foundation	£35,000
DCMS	£30,912
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£20,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£10,000	07/02/2023	towards support for Ukrainian theatre company Hooligan Art Community’s (tour of Bunker Cabaret and core costs)
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Hooligan Art Community - Bunker Cabaret tour by Ukrainian artists
£20,000	09/01/2023	Mahogany Opera is supporting displaced independent Ukrainian company Hooligan Art Community to tour ‘Bunker Cabaret’ across Britain in early 2023. This grant will match support from the British ....more Mahogany Opera is supporting displaced independent Ukrainian company Hooligan Art Community to tour ‘Bunker Cabaret’ across Britain in early 2023. This grant will match support from the British Council and other organisations to cover artists’ fees, expenses and production costs of the tour.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£25,000	20/09/2022	towards core costs over the next 12 months
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	08/07/2022	Mahogany Opera Group Core Costs 22-23
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	21/08/2020 24	Strategic organisational development of Mahogany Opera Group over two years
DCMS - Mahogany Opera
£30,912	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs
£90,000	28/03/2019 36	Towards core costs of creating and performing new opera in original ways to stretch the boundaries of what opera can be and who it is for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£50,000	14/02/2019 24	towards the expansion of the Snappy Opera programme for primary aged children over two years
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Mahogany Opera Group
£110,000	25/03/2010 36	Towards Core costs Towards the cost of a new social engagement and audience development initiative.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Mahogany Opera Group
£48,592	06/08/2008 15	Towards Core costs Towards the salary of the executive producer.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-76

AVA PODGORSKI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Project Co-Ordinator

DR AMY RUTH CHALLEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Corporate Executive

DR HELEN CHRISTINA THOMAS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Freelance Musician

DWIGHT PILE-GRAY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Musician, Other trusteeships: UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY, HIGHBURY OPERA THEATRE,

FLORENCE OKOYE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ux Designer, Other trusteeship: NORWICH PRINTING MUSEUM,

IAN RICHARD HAMILTON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Solicitor

KATIE BRADFORD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeships: THE TEMPLE MUSIC FOUNDATION, KATIE BRADFORD ARTS TRUST,

MARY CHARLOTTE STEVEN MILLER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director, Culture Projects

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/06/1998, number: 1070013
Registered at Companies House on 12/02/1998, number: 03508706

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR05: 177 days late,

Main office

Rosehill Theatre
Moresby
WHITEHAVEN
Cumbria
CA28 6SE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, BUT PARTICULARLY THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MUSIC, SINGING, MIME, DANCE AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREOF PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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