Registered charity · Merseyside
Sefton O.P.E.R.A.
Sefton O.P.E.R.A. is a registered charity (number 1086437) based in Merseyside, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £78k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Sefton Opera (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £78k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 2 more
- Where
- Sefton
- Website
- seftonopera.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Sefton O.P.E.R.A.
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£78k£132k
- 2024£108k£138k
- 2023£149k£144k
Earlier years
- 2022£162k£149k
- 2021£148k£134k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 27%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PERSONS IN THE BOROUGH OF SEFTON AND PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH THE PREVENTION OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM
Grants received
23 grants · £892,117 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £641,532 (11 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £55,000
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £40,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000
- The Leathersellers' Foundation · £27,500 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community 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.
6 trustees on the board
- Cathy Crook
- Marie Richardson since 2011
- MR BOB Forster
- MR Mike Bates
- Peter White since 2025
- Vikki Annette Martlow
Trustees past 6 years
- Marie Richardson since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Cathy Crook
- Marie Richardson since 2011
- MR BOB Forster
- MR Mike Bates
- Peter White since 2025
- Vikki Annette Martlow
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.
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1086437
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 SEPTEMBER 1999
- Companies House
- Company number 03841119 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07946438155 · admin@seftonopera.org.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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