Registered charity · Alresford
Grange Park Opera
- 11 trustees
- Income £4.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Simon FreakleyChair · since 2014
- Dame Vivien Duffield DBETrustee · since 2016
- David Andrew KershawTrustee · since 2017
- George MeagherTrustee · since 2024
- Iain Norman BurnsideTrustee
- James Wynne EvansTrustee · since 2020
- Keith Frederick Charles WeedTrustee · since 2018
- Marie VeederTrustee · since 2024
- Sir Adam Michael ConstableTrustee · since 2025
- SIR David DaviesTrustee · since 2016
- Sue ButcherTrustee · since 2017
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
- Surrey
- Website
- www.grangeparkopera.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Grange Park Opera
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.0m£4.2m
- 2024£4.4m£4.0m
- 2023£4.0m£3.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.9m£4.2m
- 2021£3.4m£3.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROMOTION, SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ART OF MUSIC AND DRAMA (INCLUDING OPERA, MUSIC, DRAMA, DANCING, SINGING AND ALL FORMS CONSTITUTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART OF MUSIC) AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROMOTION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND APPRECIATION OF OPERA.
Grants received
3 grants · £20,000 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
- Woodward Charitable Trust · £20,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Simon Freakley Chair since 2014
- Dame Vivien Duffield DBE since 2016
- David Andrew Kershaw since 2017
- George Meagher since 2024
- Iain Norman Burnside
- James Wynne Evans since 2020
- Keith Frederick Charles Weed since 2018
- Marie Veeder since 2024
- SIR David Davies since 2016
- Sir Adam Michael Constable since 2025
- Sue Butcher since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Simon Freakley Chair since 2014
- Dame Vivien Duffield DBE since 2016
- David Andrew Kershaw since 2017
- James Wynne Evans since 2020
- Keith Frederick Charles Weed since 2018
- SIR David Davies since 2016
- Sue Butcher since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Simon Freakley Chair since 2014
- Dame Vivien Duffield DBE since 2016
- James Wynne Evans since 2020
- Keith Frederick Charles Weed since 2018
- Marie Veeder since 2024
- SIR David Davies since 2016
- Sir Adam Michael Constable since 2025
Portfolio (4)
- David Andrew Kershaw since 2017
- George Meagher since 2024
- Iain Norman Burnside
- Sue Butcher since 2017
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
10.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1068046
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/01/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/09/2015 as amended on 08 Mar 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 03490791 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01962 737360 · info@grangeparkopera.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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