Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
Volatile income: -3
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 13

BIRMINGHAM OPERA COMPANY

With no opera house, all our work lives in the peoples and places of the city- a unique fusion of local volunteers and international artists delivering artistic, personal and social change.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
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 age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 39 years

www.birminghamopera.org.uk

info@birminghamopera.org.uk

01212466644

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
30/06/22		£642	£447	£195	£18	£611	£571	15.3	3	25
30/06/21		£710	£769	£-59	£18	£416	£390	6.1	4	53
30/06/20		£627	£332	£295	£19	£470	£435	15.7	4	154
30/06/19		£966	£1,063	£-97	£38	£175	£153	1.7	3	219
30/06/18		£881	£1,026	£-145	£50	£273	£253	3	3	178
30/06/17?		£730	£398	£331	£37	£418	£392	11.8	2	0
31/03/16		£789	£754	£35	£20	£87	£87	1.4	2	0
31/03/15		£857	£1,092	£-236	£24	£52	£52	0.6	2	0
31/03/14		£607	£610	£-3	£11	£288	£288	5.7	3	0
31/03/13		£2,535	£2,351	£184	£17	£275	£253	1.3	3	0
31/03/12		£944	£896	£48	£6	£91	£65	0.9	3	0
31/03/11		£475	£423	£52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£800	£777	£23	£7	£-10	£-25	-0.4	10	0
31/03/09		£591	£651	£-61	£184	£-32	£-32	-0.6	3	0
31/03/08	*	£816	£829	£-13	£124	£29	£29	0.4	3	0
31/03/07	*	£453	£422	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£902	£917	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£336	£340	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£668	£557	£110	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 15.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 15 months
Quick Ratio: 7.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Italy, Poland, Sandwell, Solihull, Spain, Walsall, Wolverhampton,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

3 employees
25 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
Fenton Arts Trust - Grant to Birmingham Opera Company
£3,500	01/07/2021	To support emerging artist Ross Ramgobin with an extensive programme of training to perform in our landmark production of Wagner's 'Rheingold'.
DCMS - Birmingham Opera Company
£486,433	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£15,000	14/02/2019	to cover proofing, updating and digitising the Music Library, specifically Phase 1
Youth Music - 16-25 Participation Programme
£16,456	17/11/2017	16-25 Participation Programme
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Birmingham Opera Company
£150,000	31/08/2016 36	Towards the company's core work creating innovative productions involving diverse participants and audiences.
Birmingham City Council - Boc Revenue
£100,000	01/04/2016	BOC REVENUE; Arts and culture;

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-84

AMAHRA SPENCE Appointed: 2020

ANTHONY COLVILLE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Philanthropy Consultant, Other trusteeship: ASTON VILLA FOUNDATION,

GEOFFREY JOHN NICHOLAS PAYNE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeships: THE KIRI TE KANAWA FOUNDATION (UK), INTEROPERA LTD,

JUSTINE THEMEN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Associate Director

KATIE FULCHER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: N/A

LAUREN WILLIAMS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Major Gifts Manager

RICHARD WILLACY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: General Director

WILLIAM ERIC HUSSELBY OBE, Occupation: Company Chairman

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/02/1985, number: 291130
Registered at Companies House on 24/09/1984, number: 01850467

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR10: 2 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 248 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

205 The Argent Centre
60 Frederick Street
BIRMINGHAM
B1 3HS

Objectives

TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY THE PRODUCTION ARRANGEMENT, PROMOTION AND COMMISSIONING OF OPERA AND OTHER MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AND CONCERTS AND TO FOSTER INTEREST IN SUCH OPERAS CONCERTS AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY SUCH MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE BY THE COMPANY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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