Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 3

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 7

THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY

To advance the education and to promote the appreciation and enjoyment of the public in music, theatre and the performing arts with particular but not exclusive reference to opera.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
Over half the Board have joined recently

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 recently

Established: 15 years

www.merryopera.com

keynote@merryopera.com

01892871377

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/12/22	£70	£82	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/12/21	£65	£67	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/12/20	£111	£107	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/12/19	£201	£217	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/12/18	£120	£119	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	1
31/12/17	£136	£115	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£91	£94	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£126	£101	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£106	£145	£-39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£97	£167	£-70	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£167	£152	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£215	£222	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	£204	£161	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	£176	£137	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

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
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	11/07/2022	towards the autumn and spring 2022 programme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	11/06/2021	Project 2021
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£10,000	20/09/2019	towards the cost of small scale touring in 2020 (Don Giovanni and Handel's Messiah)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	05/12/2018	Project Quicktime
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	22/09/2017	Church Operas

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-82

ANGELA FLORENCE HILL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

CRISPIAN GEORGE BESLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Investment Banker

HELENA CLAIRE WOODHOUSE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor

LAURA BOOTY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: General Manager

MICHAEL DE STYRCEA (Chair) Appointed: 2008

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/01/2009, number: 1127392
Registered at Companies House on 11/12/2008, number: 06770652

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

14 returns made; all on time

Main office

VEXOUR FARM
HAMPKINS HILL ROAD
CHIDDINGSTONE
EDENBRIDGE
TN8 7BB

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TO PROMOTE THE APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC IN MUSIC, THEATRE AND THE PERFORMING ARTS WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO OPERA.TO PROMOTE OR SUPPORT SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE DIRECTORS MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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