# DORSET OPERA

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1105318
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 5, 2004
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1105318


## Contact

- **Address:** Dorset Opera, Cheselbourne, Dorchester, Dorset
- **Postcode:** DT2 7NP
- **Phone:** 01258840000
- **Email:** info@dorsetopera.com
- **Website:** www.dorsetopera.com



## Activities

**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"

**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.

**Area of benefit:** DORSET




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Dorset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2025 | £884229 | £821714 | £302571 | 0 |
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £822316 | £837246 | £240056 | 0 |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £653771 | £663952 | £254986 | 0 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £651967 | £621617 | £265167 | 0 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £436603 | £466664 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **GARRY PETER BATT** (Chair) — appointed March 21, 2016
- His Honour David Euan Barron Grant — appointed March 8, 2023
- Jean Mary Lang Mrs — appointed March 12, 2018
- Lucinda Frances Coombs — appointed Dec. 10, 2025
- Merlin David Philip Lewis — appointed Dec. 17, 2023
- Paul Malcolm Jenner — appointed Feb. 20, 2020
- RODERICK IAIN MACGREGOR KENNEDY
- STEVEN DUDLEY NORMAN — appointed May 1, 2014
- Susannah Hubert — appointed Feb. 1, 2013