Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 11

NORTHERN OPERA GROUP

We create a range of musical productions, suitable for participants of varying ages, abilities and experiences. We produce works which are rarely performed, providing artists, participants and audiences with new and engaging experiences. We operate in the North of England, with a national reach.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

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

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
31/03/24	£225	£236	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23	£84	£135	£-50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£143	£95	£48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£35	£27	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?	£83	£76	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£19	£18	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	£12	£14	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.northernoperagroup.co.uk

info@northernoperagroup.co.uk

07817475769

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Leeds City,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Foyle Foundation	£25,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust	£10,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£9,400
The Postlethwaite Music Foundation	£8,000
Leeds Community Foundation	£8,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Postlethwaite Music Foundation - Grant to Northern Opera Group
£2,000	16/05/2024 12	To support pop-up opera in the Leeds Opera Festival and community opera productions
The Postlethwaite Music Foundation - Grant to Northern Opera Group
£2,000	25/05/2023	Supporting pop-up opera as part of the Leeds Opera Festival and community opera productions
Leeds Community Foundation - 'Detecting' Creativity
£8,000	28/04/2023	Grant to Northern Opera Group
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000	28/04/2023	towards Leeds Opera Festival 2023
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Christmas community opera, ‘Little Red Riding Hood’
£10,000	27/07/2022	Funding supported a Christmas community opera in Bradford which enabled people of all ages to take part and attend
The Postlethwaite Music Foundation - Grant to Northern Opera Group
£2,000	26/05/2022	Supporting pop-up opera in the Leeds Opera Festival and community theatre productions
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	14/05/2021	Engaging participants and communities with opera in person and on film
The Postlethwaite Music Foundation - Grant to Northern Opera Group
£2,000	11/03/2021	Supporting the Christmas production of Amahl and the Night Visitors
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	29/07/2020	towards costs over the next 12 months
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Northern Opera Group
£9,400	18/12/2019	Opera Stories of Leeds
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	08/05/2019	Bringing rare and wonderful operas to a wider audience

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALAN WILLIAMS Appointed: 2022

EMILY SIMPSON Appointed: 2019

GEORGE JOHNSON-LEIGH Appointed: 2022

JOHN SAVOURNIN Appointed: 2022

MARK SKIPPER DL (Chair) Appointed: 2018

SARAH VYSE Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/06/2016, number: 1167501

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

c/o Northern Ballet
2 St. Cecilia Street
LEEDS
LS2 7PA

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PRODUCTION OF LIVE OPERA AND THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF AUDIENCES AND PARTICIPANTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

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