# OPERAUPCLOSE LTD

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1153307
- **Other names:** UP CLOSE PRODUCTIONS, UPCLOSE PRODUCTIONS LONDON
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 8, 2013
- **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=1153307


## Contact

- **Address:** MAST Mayflower Studios, 142-144 Above Bar St, Southampton
- **Postcode:** SO14 7DU
- **Phone:** 02382 547320
- **Email:** info@operaupclose.com
- **Website:** www.operaupclose.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY THE ARTS OF OPERA, THEATRE AND DANCE, BY THE PRODUCTION OF OPERA, THEATRE AND DANCE BOTH IN THE UK AND INTERNATIONALLY, PARTICULARLY WITH THE INTENTION OF ATTRACTING NEW AUDIENCES TO THOSE ART FORMS BY PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTIONS AT AFFORDABLE PRICES, AND OF PROVIDING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMERGING ARTISTS.

**Activities:** OperaUpClose is a small, ambitious Olivier Award-winning touring opera company producing innovatively staged, unintimidating, affordable and high-quality English chamber re-imaginings of well-known works and premieres of new operas. Our mission is to show opera is a vibrant, living art-form for everyone to enjoy and be inspired by, regardless of gender, ethnicity, background and economic means.




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £443960 | £419212 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £454844 | £461221 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £250339 | £205718 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £187410 | £173214 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £254686 | £148465 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Amanda Helen Ariss OBE — appointed Nov. 1, 2016
- CHARITH JEEVAKA LESLIE CABRAAL — appointed Aug. 2, 2018
- Carolyn Ward — appointed Jan. 11, 2021
- Clare Williams — appointed Jan. 11, 2021
- Hazel Province — appointed Dec. 16, 2024
- Joe McFadden — appointed Nov. 1, 2016
- John Andrews — appointed Jan. 11, 2021
- Matthew Lyons — appointed Jan. 11, 2021