The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Surrey Opera

Registered charity 1000831 Registered since 1990

Operates: Croydon, Cornwall, East Sussex, Kent, Surrey

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3 trustees on the board

3y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Education/training 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£52k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.surreyopera.org
Emailrpcordell@btinternet.com
Phone07834507194
Address583 London Road, Hadleigh, BENFLEET, Essex, SS7 2EB

Finances

£6,383 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£13,811£16,549
2022£79,240£80,942
2023£17,505£22,626
2024£52,441£35,688
2025£6,383£38,798

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human Resources

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF OPERA IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE COMPANY SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24TH JANUARY 1990

Trustees (3)

3trustees
63median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Surrey Opera · 02462695 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 24/01/1990

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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