Registered charity · Weybridge
UK Friends of Cape Town Opera
- 7 trustees
- Income £485k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- South Africa, Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- WWW,ukfriendsofcto.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£485k£80k
- 2024£59k£47k
- 2023£33k£42k
Earlier years
- 2022£22k£14k
- 2021£22k£20k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ART OF OPERA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:1. ADVANCING EDUCATION, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF OPERA IN SOUTH AFRICA AND INTERNATIONALLY BY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF CAPE TOWN OPERA IN SUCH A MANNER AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.2. SUPPORTING CAPE TOWN OPERA IN PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN OPERA IN SOUTH AFRICA, PARTICULARLY AMONGST COMMUNITIES WHICH ARE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, IN SUCH WAYS AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Lady Mary P Hatch Chair since 2015
- Ivan Fallon since 2015
- Niall Gallagher since 2015
- Peter Rogan since 2015
- Susan Smith since 2015
- leo Luyendijk since 2026
- Robert Michael Silbermann since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Lady Mary P Hatch Chair since 2015
- Ivan Fallon since 2015
- Niall Gallagher since 2015
- Peter Rogan since 2015
- Susan Smith since 2015
- Robert Michael Silbermann since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Lady Mary P Hatch Chair since 2015
- Ivan Fallon since 2015
- Niall Gallagher since 2015
- Peter Rogan since 2015
- Susan Smith since 2015
- leo Luyendijk since 2026
- Robert Michael Silbermann since 2019
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1175984
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED 21 DEC 2015AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 25 NOV 2017
- Contact on the register
- 01932953828 · info@ukfriendsofcto.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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