# BIRMINGHAM OPERA COMPANY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 291130
- **Other names:** CITY OF BIRMINGHAM TOURING OPERA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 19, 1985
- **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=291130


## Contact

- **Address:** 205 The Argent Centre, 60 Frederick Street, BIRMINGHAM
- **Postcode:** B1 3HS
- **Phone:** 01212466644
- **Email:** info@birminghamopera.org.uk
- **Website:** www.birminghamopera.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY THE PRODUCTION ARRANGEMENT, PROMOTION AND COMMISSIONING OF OPERA AND OTHER MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AND CONCERTS AND TO FOSTER INTEREST IN SUCH OPERAS CONCERTS AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY SUCH MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE BY THE COMPANY.

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Czech Republic
- Italy
- Poland
- Spain
- Birmingham City
- Coventry City
- Dudley
- Sandwell
- Solihull
- Walsall
- Wolverhampton



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £823886 | £750108 | £593481 | 3 |
| June 30, 2024 | £870288 | £1317398 | £309996 | 4 |
| June 30, 2023 | £839555 | £693460 | £757106 | 4 |
| June 30, 2022 | £641653 | £446851 | £611011 | 3 |
| June 30, 2021 | £709573 | £768717 | £416209 | 4 |
| June 30, 2020 | £627130 | £332126 | £470353 | 4 |



## Trustees

- Geoffrey John Nicholas Payne — appointed Sept. 30, 2014
- Hannah Griffiths — appointed March 28, 2025
- Justine Themen — appointed Dec. 12, 2018
- Katie Fulcher — appointed May 20, 2020
- Lauren Williams — appointed June 7, 2016
- Richard Willacy — appointed July 1, 2022
- Stephen Maddock — appointed Oct. 4, 2024