Opera South East

Registered charity 298946 Registered since 1988

Operates: East Sussex, Kent

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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

8.3y median 7y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Beatrice Mary Dixon since 2019
Greg Solomon since 2012

6.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

Greg Solomon since 2012

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 4General Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

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

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2021

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2024

incomespending£15k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Hastings Bonfire Trust 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Churchdown Male Voice Choir Similar size; both Arts and culture
South Downe Musical Society Similar size; both Arts and culture
Janice Thompson Performance Trust Similar size; both Arts and culture
Fairford & District Choral Society Similar size; both Arts and culture
The Martin Bequest Similar size; both Arts and culture

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.operasoutheast.org.uk
Email	enquiries@operasoutheast.org.uk
Phone	01424 552104
Address	108 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SN

Finances

£7,074 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£7,725	£6,457
2022	£14,127	£10,878
2023	£19,474	£12,734
2024	£14,757	£21,596
2025	£7,074	£4,829

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS AND TO ASSIST AND FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION AND RULES ADOPTED 7TH FEBRUARY 1988 AS AMENDED 26TH NOVEMBER 1995 AND 2 MARCH 1997

Trustees (4)

4trustees

0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

Hastings Bonfire Trust 1 shared trustee

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