Registered charity (CIO) · Norwich
Into Opera
Into Opera is a registered charity (number 1183225) based in Norwich, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by David John Walker since 2019. Latest income £80k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £80k (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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.into-opera.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£80k£49k
- 2024£85k£85k
- 2023£250k£370k
Earlier years
- 2022£205k£37k
- 2021£48k£54k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN, AND TO PROMOTE AND INCREASE THE ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATION OF, OPERA AND THE ARTS (INCLUDING MUSIC, DRAMA, DANCE, DESIGN, FILM, THE WRITTEN WORD) FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT. THROUGH SO DOING, THE CIO AIMS TO IMPROVE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OPERA AS AN ART FORM, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, SEEKING TO GET MORE PEOPLE INTO OPERA AS AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND/OR PARTICIPANTS.
Grants received
1 grant · £10,000 total360Giving 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
- Backstage Trust · £10,000
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.
5 trustees on the board
- David John Walker Chair since 2019
- Frances Mary Ludden since 2019
- Jaime Morgan Hitchcock since 2021
- John Nicholas Augustus Simpson since 2020
- Professor David George Waugh since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- David John Walker Chair since 2019
- Frances Mary Ludden since 2019
- John Nicholas Augustus Simpson since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Frances Mary Ludden since 2019
- Jaime Morgan Hitchcock since 2021
- John Nicholas Augustus Simpson since 2020
- Professor David George Waugh since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- David John Walker Chair 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
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
- 1183225
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 02 May 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07833136723 · info@into-opera.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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