The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Opera Story

Registered charity 1163949 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: Throughout London

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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.

5 trustees on the board

6.6y median 4y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

2
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 5Education/training 5Animals 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 1Education 1Finance 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.

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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£41k 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

Websitewww.theoperastory.com
Emailinfo@theoperastory.com
Phone07456861667
Address426 St. Ann's Road, LONDON, N15 3JJ

Finances

£40,794 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£43,508£20,038
2022£59,740£104,976
2023£41,790£11,464
2024£52,549£75,294
2025£40,794£26,540

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Other FinanceProvides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:- TO ADVANCE THE ARTS BY THE CREATION, PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF OPERATIC WORKS AND BY PROMOTING THE WORK OF SINGERS, DIRECTORS, CONDUCTORS AND MUSICIANS WITH A VIEW TO INCREASING THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF OPERA IN THE WIDER PUBLIC, BOTH AT A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.- TO ADVANCE THE ARTS BY CONTRIBUTING TO THE RENEWAL AND EXPANSION OF THE OPERATIC REPERTORY, BY CONTRIBUTING TO MAINTAINING THE VITALITY OF THIS ART FORM AND BY WORKING TOWARDS REMINDING THE PUBLIC OF ITS RELEVANCE IN TODAY'S SOCIETY.- TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROVIDING ASPIRING AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS WITH A SPACE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER CREATORS, MUSICIANS AND AUDIENCES FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND FOSTERS INTERACTION AND LEARNING, AND CREATES OPPORTUNITIES TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP ARTISTIC SKILLS IN ALL THE FIELDS RELATED TO THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING AND PERFORMING OPERA.- TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC AND BROADENING THEIR HORIZONS, NOTABLY BY ACCOMPANYING CREATIVE WORK WITH A SIGNIFICANT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH COMPONENT THAT BRINGS THE PUBLIC CLOSER TO THE CREATIVE PROCESS AND LEARN FROM THE CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC TEAMS ABOUT THE WORK INVOLVED IN PRODUCING OPERA AT THE HIGHEST STANDARDS.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 13 Oct 2015

Trustees (5)

5trustees
62median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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