|||BIRMINGHAM OPERA COMPANY||||||
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|||(A company<br>limited by guarantee)||||||
|||ADNIINISTRATIVE<br>INFORMATION||||||
||FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30JUNE 2023|||||||
|Trustees and Directors||Nicholas Payne (Chair)||||||
|||Tony Colville||||||
|||Katie Fulcher||||||
|||William<br>Husselby<br>OBE||||||
|||Amahra Spence||||||
|||Lauren Williams||||||
|||Justine Themen||||||
|||Richard Willacy (appointed||1|July|2022)||
|Personnel:||General Director —Richard Willacy||||||
|||Music Director —Alpesh|Chauhan|||OBE||
|||General Manager —Hannah||Griffiths||||
|||Creative Producer —Disndra|||McCalla|||
|||Development<br>Co-ordinator —Charlotte Titcombe||||||
|Associate|Artists:|Vocal Coach —Jane Robinson||||||
|||Choral Directors-<br>Mariana Rosas, Themba|||||Mvula|
|||Casting Consultant-<br>Sarah||Playfair||||
|||Projects Consultant —Sheelagh Barnard||||||
|||Chartered<br>Management|Accountant-|||||
|||Shohaib Shafiq ACMA, CGMA||||||
|Secretary:||Richard Willacy||||||
|Registered|Office:|205 The Argent Centre||||||
|||60Frederick Street||||||
|||Birmingham||||||
|||B13HS||||||
|Bankers:||Lloyds Bank pic||||||
|||36/36 New Street||||||
|||Birmingham<br>B24LP||||||
|Independent|Examiner:|David Hoose||||||
|||Mazars LLP||||||
|||First Floor||||||
|||Two Chamberlain<br>Square||||||
|||Birmingham||||||
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|Registered|Charity Number:|291130||||||






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|Cash flows from||operating|activities|||||
|Net cash|used<br>in|operating|activities||19|57,613|(282,482)|
|Cash flows from||investing|activities:|||||
|Purchase|oftangible<br>fixed assets||||||(2,399)|
|Net cash|provided|by investing<br>activities||||||
|Change|in cash|and cash|equivalents|in the||57,613|(284,881)|
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|Cash and|cash equivalents||brought<br>forward|||350,291|635,172|
|Cash and cash equivalents|||carried forward|||407,904|350,291|





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|3.<br>DONATIONS AND GRANTS|3.<br>DONATIONS AND GRANTS|3.<br>DONATIONS AND GRANTS||||
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|The Company<br>gratefully<br>acknowledges|||the support given|2023|2022|
|by the following<br>during the course||ofthe year:||8|8|
|Grants received from:||||||
|Arts Council England||||511,433|486,433|
|Birmingham<br>City Council<br>CBand HH Taylor 1984Trust<br>Edgar E Lawlsy Foundation||||31,570<br>1,500|31,570<br>1,000|
|Fenton Aria Trust<br>Hodge Foundation||||5,000|3,500|
|Individuals<br>sponsors<br>and donors||||9,043|14,023|
|Love Brum<br>Maria Bjcrnsson Memorial<br>Fund||||3,000|1,000|
|Scops Art Trust<br>Souter Charitable<br>Trust||||10,000<br>1,000|10,000|
|The Austin &Hope Pilkington<br>Trust||||1,000||
|The Baron Davenport's<br>Charity||||1,000||
|The Cole Charitable<br>Trust<br>The Edward Cadbury<br>Charitable|Trust|||3,000|1,000|
|The Eric WVincent Trust Fund||||500||
|The Eveson Trust||||5,000||
|GJWTurner<br>Trust||||1,000||
|The Grantham<br>Yorke Trust|||||500|
|The Grimmitt Trust||||1,500||
|The Joseph Hopkins<br>and Henry|James Sayer Charity||||500|
|The Michael Tippett Musical Foundation<br>The Norton<br>Foundation||||1,000|1,000|
|The Roger &Douglas Turner Charitable<br>The Roughley<br>Trust<br>The Saintbury<br>Trust<br>The Steel Charitable<br>Trust<br>The W. E. Dorm Charitable<br>Trust|||Trust|2,000<br>750|2,000<br>1,000<br>4,000<br>10,000|
|The William<br>A. Cadbury Charitable||Trust||10,000|10,000|
|Vaughan<br>Wrlliams<br>Foundation||||1 000||
|||||600,296|577,526|
|4.<br>OTHER INCOME||||||
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|Theatre tax credits||||75,699|29,905|
|Legacy||||80,000||
|Boxoffice income, music library|hire and other|||83,560|34,222|
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|Fundraising|costs||25,870|18,256|
|Other salary|costs||143,120|126,974|
|Other production||costs|510,703|290,456|
|Governance|||13767|11,165|
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|Amount|paid to Independent|Examiner|||
||IEand Accounts Preparation||2,950|2,800|
|Lease|Tax<br> payments||1,650<br>18,500|1,500<br>19,926|
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|Wages and salaries|||145,163|127,715|
|Social security|||18,381|14,718|
|Pension cost|||14.225|6666|
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|10.<br>STOCKS|||
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||2023<br>f|2022<br>8|
|Wardrobe stock|~5200|5,200|
||5,2DD|5 26D|
|11<br>DEBTORS|||
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|Amounts<br>falling due within one|year:||
|Grants receivable<br>Trade debtors|183,767<br>2,269|181,659<br>1,625|
|VAT debtor<br>Accrued income|10,125<br>148,427|3,367<br>74,760|
|Other debtors|854|254|
||645.242|261 665|
|12.<br>CREDITORS: AMOUNTS|FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR||
||2023|2022|
||E|8|
|Amounts<br>falling due within one|year:||
|Trade creditors|38,039|19,564|
|Accruals snd other creditors|4,840|28,700|
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||||Reserves|Reserves||2023|2022|
|Brought forward|||175,000||396,031|571,031|389,929|
|Surplus I(Deficit) for the year<br>Transfer between<br>funds|||554,072<br>(579,072)|(398,997)<br>579,072||155,075|181,102|
|Carried forward|||150,00D||576,106|726,106|571,031|
|RESTRICTED FUNDS||||||||
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|CBand HH Taylor 1984Trust<br>Edger ELawley Foundation||||1,000|1,5DD|1,000<br>1,500||
|Hodge Foundation|||||5,00D||5,000|
|Maria Bjornson Memorial|Fund||||3,000|3,000||
|Scope Art Trust||||10,000|10,000|10,000|10,000|
|Baron Davenpon's<br>Charity|||||1,000|1,000||
|The Cole Charitable<br>Trust||||1,000||1,000||
|The Edward Cadbury<br>Charitable||Trust|||3,000|3,000||
|The EricWVincent Trust|Fund||||500|500||
|The Eveson Trust<br>The Foyle Foundation<br>The GJWTurner Trust||||11,980|5,000<br>1,000|11,980<br>1,0DD|5,000|
|The Grantham<br>Yorke Trust||||500||500||
|The Grimmitt<br>Trust|||||1,500|1,500||
|The Joseph Hopkins and|Henry|James||500||500||
|Sayer Charity||||||||
|The Michael Tippett Musical Fcundsuon<br>The Roger and Douglas Turner Charitable||||1,000|2,000|2,000|1,00D|
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|The Saintbury<br>Trust||||4,000||4,000||
|The Steel Charitable<br>Trust||||10,000||10,000||
|The William A. Cadbury Charitable|||Trust||10,000||10,000|
|Vaughan<br>Williams Trust|||||1,000|1,000||
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