The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Laidlaw Opera Trust

Registered charity 1175245 Registered since 2017

Operates: Throughout England, Monaco, Ireland, Singapore, South Africa, United States, Scotland, Hong Kong, Canada, Rwanda

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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.

3.1y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

1
company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 2Tech and media 2Finance 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£5.3m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

2 from 2 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone07990011626
AddressThe Clement Rooms, 217 Strand, Temple, London, WC2R 1AT

Finances

£5,264,496 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£13,334,894£5,336,264
2021£10,249,163£16,357,772
2022£8,161,915£7,764,326
2023£10,850,965£9,619,367
2024£5,264,496£2,446,790

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE FOUNDATION ARETHE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY THE EDUCATION OF DEPRIVED YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR BY MEANS OF GRANTS AND OTHER FORMS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INSTITUTIONS WHICH ARE ENGAGED IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD; ANDTHE ADVANCEMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BY MEANS OF GRANTS AND OTHER FORMS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 MAY 2017AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 10 OCT 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 16 OCT 2017 AS AMENDED ON 20 JUN 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05 JUL 2019 as amended on 03 Jul 2020 as amended on 30 May 2025

Trustees (7)

7trustees
65median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Laidlaw Opera Trust · 10780520 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/05/2017

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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