Registered charity · Worcester

Opera Worcester

Opera Worcester is a registered charity (number 1183967) based in Worcester, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Meriel Eleanor Ford since 2025. Latest income £20k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.

To advance the education of the public by encouraging the understanding and appreciation of operatic and choral works through, in particular but not exclusively, the presentation of public performances of operatic and choral works, and through both...

10 trustees
Income £20k (2026)

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 11th October 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: Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where: Worcestershire
Website: operaworcester.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 2019

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2026£20k£17k
2025£13k£10k
2024£17k£17k

Earlier years

2023£14k£14k
2022£9k£13k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

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.

10 trustees on the board

3.1y median 2.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

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 10

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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2023

2024

2025

incomespending£13k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 1183967
Status: Registered
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 13 MAY 2019AS AMENDED ON 17 JUN 2019 as amended on 09 Sept 2024
Contact on the register: 07396081426 · info@operaworcester.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 11th 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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