# BATH OPERA

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1185066
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Aug. 28, 2019
- **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=1185066


## Contact

- **Address:** 24 Hope Place, Lansdown Road, BATH
- **Postcode:** BA1 5DL
- **Phone:** 07826 543000
- **Email:** secretary.bathopera@hotmail.co.uk
- **Website:** www.bathopera.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF OPERA MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: • PROMOTING INTEREST IN AND ACCESS TO OPERA THROUGH REGULAR PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, MASTER CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS; • FOSTERING MUSICAL EDUCATION BY OFFERING YOUNG SINGERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE EXPERIENCED OPERA PRACTITIONERS AND DEVELOP AS ARTISTS.

**Activities:** Bath Opera advances the education and appreciation of opera for public benefit. It presents an annual fully staged opera and a summer tour of smaller-scale performances, increasing access in Bath and surrounding areas. It also supports emerging singers through the Bath Opera Young Artists Development Scheme (BOYADS).




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bath And North East Somerset
- Bristol City
- North Somerset
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2025 | £41859 | £39785 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £33802 | £38028 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £30268 | £35937 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £43564 | £35042 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £10925 | £7669 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Fiona Jane Gray** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 11, 2023
- Alison Margaret Paine — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- David John Palmer — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Janet Dorothy Cooper — appointed Oct. 16, 2024
- Jeremy Hugh Smeddle — appointed Oct. 16, 2024
- Professor Roderick Hunt — appointed Oct. 12, 2022
- Robert Constantine — appointed Sept. 1, 2025