Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 3

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

OPERA PRELUDE

To promote the art and advance the education of the public in opera and young performers and musicians in the early stages of their careers by the provision in particular by performance based lectures and opera related events. Please see www.operaprelude.com for further information

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be 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

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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
31/12/23	£118	£94	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/12/22	£89	£84	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/12/21	£120	£87	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/12/20	£132	£87	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/12/19	£118	£116	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/18	£91	£90	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17	£87	£77	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£66	£63	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£55	£52	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.operaprelude.com

operaprelude@gmail.com

07908894333

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides other finance
Provides services

Where it operates

Kensington And Chelsea, Oxfordshire,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 volunteers

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
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Opera Prelude
£3,500	20/05/2021 12	Funding for Opera Prelude to deliver informal opera performances at two care homes in the Aylesbury area with Covid safe practises and protocols in place.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£10,000	28/11/2019	towards core funding in 2020 and to secure match funding

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

CHIARA MACARTI SPERANZA Appointed: 2024

ADRIANA FESTEU MPHIL Appointed: 2014

CHARLOTTE CLARE CLIFFORD Appointed: 2022

FIONA ANNE HAMILTON (Chair) Appointed: 2014

NATALIE BURCH Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/08/2014, number: 1158309

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

Round Hill House
Fawley
Henley-on-Thames
RG9 6HU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE ART AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN OPERA AND YOUNG PERFORMERS AND MUSICIANS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS BY THE PROVISION IN PARTICULAR BY PERFORMANCE BASED LECTURES AND OPERA RELATED EVENTS.

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