The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Opera Circus Limited

Registered charity 1051954 Registered since 1996

Operates: Manchester City, Dorset, East Sussex, Lancashire, Belgium, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Georgia, India, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Serbia

Connected trustee network

The connection graph needs a free account.

This charity's record is public. The network of who else its trustees govern is compiled from the registers by us, and an account keeps it out of bulk scrapers.

Sign in, free

Find a path from this charity →

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.

7 trustees on the board

9.4y median 13y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

7
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 7Education/training 7Economic/community Development/employment 6General Charitable Purposes 1

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 10Tech and media 1

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.

🔒 Succession forecast is a Pro feature - the board seats likely to open in the next year and the ideal next trustee. Explore Pro →

Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£217k 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://www.operacircusuk.com
Emailadmin@operacircus.co.uk
Phone01308420751
AddressTHREE CHIMNEYS, PYMORE LANE, DOTTERY, BRIDPORT, DT6 5PS

Finances

£216,621 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£105,101£70,309
2022£78,005£66,882
2023£101,671£138,075
2024£75,666£91,971
2025£216,621£106,019

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ARTS OF OPERA.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLE OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 MAY 1992

Trustees (7)

7trustees
69median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Opera Circus Limited · 02716451 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 20/05/1992

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

For recruiters

Tools for approaching charities and finding candidates - free with an account.

Create your free account ->

Report an error in this record - let us know.