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Opera Sunderland

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £2k (2026)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Education/training
Where
Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland and more
Website
www.operasunderland.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Opera Sunderland
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£2k£1k
  • 2025£3k£2k
  • 2024£96£3k
Earlier years
  • 2023£544£565
  • 2022£1k£1k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

1) TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES;2) TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT.

Grants received

2 grants · £12,000 total

360Giving 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

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.

4 trustees on the board

8.5y median 10.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4Religious Activities 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 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 3

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.

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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£3k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1157157
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 FEB 2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 26 JAN 2017
Companies House
Company number 08902353 · Active
Contact on the register
01915281515 · tony.winfield@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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