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Opra Cymru CYF

8 trustees
Income £15k (2025)

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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: Arts/culture/heritage/science, Other Charitable Purposes
Where: Throughout Wales
Website: www.opra.cymru (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: Opra Cymru CYF
Registered: 2020

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£15k£46k
2024£125k£95k
2023£169k£246k

Earlier years

2022£180k£90k
2021£104k£65k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 97%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN WALES IN THE OPERATIC ARTS AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE FOR THE SAID ARTS, THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF OPERA IN THE WELSH LANGUAGE.

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

6y median 4.5y

average tenure

18y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Iwan Morgan Chair since 2015
Christopher Benedict Ridler since 2019
Charles Patrick Young since 2008
Elen Morris Thomas since 2019

10.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

Iwan Morgan Chair since 2015
Christopher Benedict Ridler since 2019
Charles Patrick Young since 2008

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 8Other Charitable Purposes 8Education/training 1Religious Activities 1

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

Arts and leisure 9Tech and media 7Business services 2

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

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2023

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2025

incomespending£15k latest income

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 1188595
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 NOV 2019
Companies House: Company number 06657485 · Active
Contact on the register: 01766762762 · swyddfa@opra.cymru
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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