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Description
With no opera house, all our work lives in the peoples and places of the city- a unique fusion of local volunteers and international artists delivering artistic, personal and social change.
Also known as
- Birmingham Opera Company
- Birmingham Opera Company
- City of Birmingham Touring Opera
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
B1 3HS
Website
Domain
birminghamopera.org.uk
Latest income
£839,555 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.
Areas of operation in the UK
Area of operation outside the UK
- Spain
- Italy
- Poland
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 291130 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Birmingham Opera Company (this record)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Performing and visual arts
A11
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Arts
AR» Performing artAR300» OperaAR305 -
Charity and VCS support
CV» VolunteeringCV104
Theme (CCEW)
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Education/training
102 -
Arts/culture/heritage/science
109
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
-
Other Charitable Activities
310
Scale of operation
- National and Overseas
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1985-02-19 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 667,613 | 557,118 |
| 2005-03-31 | 335,794 | 340,267 |
| 2006-03-31 | 902,108 | 917,230 |
| 2007-03-31 | 453,424 | 421,505 |
| 2008-03-31 | 815,680 | 828,855 |
| 2009-03-31 | 590,510 | 651,426 |
| 2010-03-31 | 800,292 | 777,470 |
| 2011-03-31 | 474,839 | 422,790 |
| 2012-03-31 | 944,366 | 896,026 |
| 2013-03-31 | 2,535,374 | 2,351,399 |
| 2014-03-31 | 606,976 | 610,453 |
| 2015-03-31 | 856,874 | 1,092,381 |
| 2016-03-31 | 788,687 | 754,131 |
| 2017-06-30 | 729,572 | 398,177 |
| 2018-06-30 | 880,783 | 1,026,274 |
| 2019-06-30 | 966,018 | 1,063,183 |
| 2020-06-30 | 627,130 | 332,126 |
| 2021-06-30 | 709,573 | 768,717 |
| 2022-06-30 | 641,653 | 446,851 |
| 2023-06-30 | 839,555 | 693,460 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 4 | 3 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | - | - |
| Volunteers | 98 | 25 |
| Trustees | 8 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 600.3 | 577.5 |
| Legacies | - | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 600.3 | 577.5 |
| Income from charitable activities | - | - |
| Income from other trading activities | - | 64.1 |
| Income from investments | - | - |
| Other income | 239.3 | - |
| Total | 839.6 | 641.7 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 25.9 | 18.3 |
| Spending on raising funds | 25.9 | 18.3 |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 653.8 | 417.4 |
| Charitable activities | 653.8 | 417.4 |
| Other spending | 13.8 | 11.2 |
| Total | 693.5 | 446.9 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 146.1 | 194.8 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 41.6 | 42.1 |
| Investment assets | - | - |
| 41.6 | 42.1 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 407.9 | 350.3 |
| Other current assets | 350.4 | 266.9 |
| 758.3 | 617.2 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (42.9) | (48.3) |
| Net current assets | 715.5 | 568.9 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 757.1 | 611.0 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 757.1 | 611.0 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 31.0 | 40.0 |
| Unrestricted funds | 726.1 | 571.0 |
| 757.1 | 611.0 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| None recorded | ||
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 543,003 | 518,003 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 64.7% | 80.7% |
| Number of government grants | 2 | 2 |
Received 13 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
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Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Birmingham City Council (6 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Cabinet Office (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Fenton Arts Trust (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Youth Music (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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