Registered charity (CIO) · Merseyside
Opera Viva Merseyside
Opera Viva Merseyside is a registered charity (number 1177385) based in Merseyside, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £5k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Opera Viva (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £5k (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
- Education/training
- Where
- Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens and more
- Website
- www.opera-viva.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£5k£6k
- 2024£9k£9k
- 2023£12k£12k
Earlier years
- 2022£10k£13k
- 2021£5k£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY DEVELOPING SKILLS IN MUSICIANSHIP AND PERFORMANCE, AND BY DEVELOPING APPRECIATION OF MUSIC AND DRAMA THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES; OR FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.
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
- Karen Hawkins since 2025
- Marie Williams since 2025
- Philomena Golding since 2025
- Rosalind Patricia Purcell since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Karen Hawkins since 2025
- Marie Williams since 2025
- Philomena Golding since 2025
- Rosalind Patricia Purcell since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1177385
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 01 Mar 2018 as amended on 22 Jan 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07758291720 · r.purcell@opera-viva.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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