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Registered charity (CIO) · Kendal

Cumbria Opera Group

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £86k (2025)
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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
Throughout England
Website
www.cumbriaoperagroup.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£86k£94k
  • 2024£16k£14k
  • 2023£56k£64k
Earlier years
  • 2022£21k£10k
  • 2021£25k£33k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:THE PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ART OF OPERA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH(1) THE PROMOTION AND PRESENTATION OF HIGH-QUALITY OPERA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN CUMBRIA.(2) TO EDUCATE YOUNG INSTRUMENTALISTS, SINGERS, AND ACTORS BASED IN OR FROM CUMBRIA IN THE FIELD OF OPERA.

Grants received

6 grants · £15,500 total

360Giving 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

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.

8 trustees on the board

5.9y median 6y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

1
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 8Education/training 8

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

Business services 2Health and social care 2Arts and leisure 1

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£86k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1183545
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 23 May 2019
Contact on the register
07860807183 · cumbriaoperagroup@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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