The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Garsington Opera Limited

Registered charity 1003042 Registered since 1991

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

6y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16y
average years in governance
9
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 10Education/training 10

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 14Finance 7Education 3

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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£10.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 14.9 in 2020

24 from 13 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

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Contact

Websitegarsingtonopera.org
Emailoffice@garsingtonopera.org
Phone01494376037
AddressGarsington Studios, Wallace Hill Farm, Stokenchurch, HIGH WYCOMBE, Buckinghamshire, HP14 3YF

Finances

£9,876,613 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£10,092,903£6,566,734
2022£10,174,659£6,698,032
2023£12,038,629£7,020,826
2024£10,442,050£8,362,703
2025£9,876,613£9,084,564

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

A) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF OPERA, MUSIC, SINGING, DRAMA, BALLET, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING. B) TO SUPPORT SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AS THE COUNCIL OF MANAGEMENT SHALL IN ITS DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 DECEMBER 1990, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED 23RD MAY 1995

Trustees (10)

10trustees
64median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Garsington Opera Limited · 02567390 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 11/12/1990

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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