Registered charity · London
Pegasus Opera Company Limited
The advancement of the arts, education and community development, for the public benefit, in particular, but not exclusively, by: (a) the promotion of multicultural opera and musical drama; (b) the provision of performance opportunities to artists...
- 10 trustees
- Income £982k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Sarah SawyerrChair · since 2020
- Antoin StrachanTrustee · since 2022
- Christopher FishTrustee · since 2025
- Kevin CharlesTrustee · since 2025
- Lascelles HaughtonTrustee · since 2019
- Natalya Best-ForbesTrustee · since 2022
- Richard John Barnard SlackTrustee · since 2019
- Satarupa GhoshTrustee · since 2024
- Swati NakraTrustee · since 2025
- Timothy CookTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.pegasusoperacompany.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Pegasus Opera Company LTD.
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£982k£730k
- 2025£603k£658k
- 2024£787k£509k
Earlier years
- 2023£461k£337k
- 2022£376k£270k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Income source mix, 2026: Government grants 22%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The advancement of the arts, education and community development, for the public benefit, in particular, but not exclusively, by: (a) the promotion of multicultural opera and musical drama; (b) the provision of performance opportunities to artists of diverse backgrounds; (c) the promotion of artists of African and Asian heritage in the UK to opera and musical drama producers; (d) the promotion of opera and music to young people in underserved communities; and (e) the promotion of opera and musical education to members of culturally diverse communities of all ages.?
Grants received
14 grants · £477,750 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £150,000
- Walcot Foundation · £125,000 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £110,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £45,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £37,795 (5 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Board analysis
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Sarah Sawyerr Chair since 2020
- Antoin Strachan since 2022
- Christopher Fish since 2025
- Kevin Charles since 2025
- Lascelles Haughton since 2019
- Natalya Best-Forbes since 2022
- Richard John Barnard Slack since 2019
- Satarupa Ghosh since 2024
- Swati Nakra since 2025
- Timothy Cook since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Sarah Sawyerr Chair since 2020
- Lascelles Haughton since 2019
- Richard John Barnard Slack since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Sarah Sawyerr Chair since 2020
- Antoin Strachan since 2022
- Christopher Fish since 2025
- Kevin Charles since 2025
- Lascelles Haughton since 2019
- Natalya Best-Forbes since 2022
- Richard John Barnard Slack since 2019
- Satarupa Ghosh since 2024
- Swati Nakra since 2025
- Timothy Cook since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1052704
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 19 DECEMBER 1996 as amended on 11 Dec 2019 as amended on 11 Dec 2019 as amended on 11 Dec 2019 as amended on 14 Jan 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 03294827 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02075019501 · hello@pegasusoperacompany.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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