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British Youth Opera

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £446k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.byo.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
British Youth Opera
Registered
1988

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£446k£351k
  • 2024£312k£396k
  • 2023£262k£388k
Earlier years
  • 2022£509k£430k
  • 2021£244k£472k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC AND DRAMA, AND SPECIFICALLY THROUGH AN UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF OPERA.THE COMPANY MAY (A) PROVIDE INSTRUCTION, COACHING, ADVICE AND OTHER TRAINING OF SINGERS, INSTRUMENTALISTS, CONDUCTORS, DIRECTORS, PRODUCTION STAFF, AND OTHERS;(B) OFFER OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE PART IN REHEARSAL, PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTION; AND (C) PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR SUCH REHEARSAL, PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTION.

Grants received

7 grants · £141,285 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.

10 trustees on the board

3.9y median 2y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

8
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 10Education/training 10General Charitable Purposes 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.

Education 9Arts and leisure 2Finance 2

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£312k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
327927
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 NOVEMBER 1988 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 15 JANUARY 2008. as amended on 04 Jul 2024
Companies House
Company number 02322037 · Active
Contact on the register
020 3488 4498 · info@byo.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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