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Dorset Opera

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1105318
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed April 11, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Aug. 5, 2004
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
05170704

Address

Address
Dorset Opera
Cheselbourne
Dorchester
Dorset
DT2 7NP

Activities

Providing an opportunity for young people to experience the demands and joys of participating in the choral or technical theatre aspects of opera production, through a residential summer school, alongside highly experienced professional soloist/tutors, production staff and orchestra, culminating typically in six public opera performances and a gala concert.

Objects: "To Promote, Maintain, Improve And Advance The Education Of The Public, Especially Young People, In Opera, In Particular But Not Exclusively By:· Organising Summer Schools And Other Activities For The Benefit Of Aspiring Singers, Musicians And Production And Technical Personnel Based In Dorset And Further Afield; And · Presenting High Quality Operatic Productions Involving, Where Possible, Significant Roles And Opportunities For Choristers"

Classification

How
Other Charitable Activities
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Area of benefit
Dorset
Local Authority
Dorset

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Assets
Sept. 30, 2025 April 11, 2026On time £884,229 £821,714 £302,571
Sept. 30, 2024 May 13, 2025On time £822,316 £837,246 £240,056
Sept. 30, 2023 June 28, 2024On time £653,771 £663,952 £254,986
Sept. 30, 2022 April 17, 2023On time £651,967 £621,617 £265,167
Sept. 30, 2021 April 28, 2022On time £436,603 £466,664 -

Trustees

Name Appointed
Garry Peter Batt (Chair) March 21, 2016
His Honour David Euan Barron Grant March 8, 2023
Jean Mary Lang Mrs March 12, 2018
Lucinda Frances Coombs Dec. 10, 2025
Merlin David Philip Lewis Dec. 17, 2023
Paul Malcolm Jenner Feb. 20, 2020
Roderick Iain Macgregor Kennedy
Steven Dudley Norman May 1, 2014
Susannah Hubert Feb. 1, 2013