# OPERA SOUTH EAST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 298946
- **Other names:** HASTINGS OPERA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 6, 1988
- **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=298946


## Contact

- **Address:** 108 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
- **Postcode:** TN34 3SN
- **Phone:** 01424 552104
- **Email:** enquiries@operasoutheast.org.uk
- **Website:** www.operasoutheast.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS AND TO ASSIST AND FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

**Activities:** Opera South East is a company based in Hastings, specialising in the performance of fully staged and costumed opera productions with orchestra. The company is administered by local enthusiasts and employs professional staff and singers to complement and direct its membership.  In addition the company offers a year round programme of opera concerts in various venues in Kent and East Sussex.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- East Sussex
- Kent



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £14757 | £21596 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £19474 | £12734 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £14127 | £10878 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £7725 | £6457 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2020 | £11386 | £13339 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JOHN WHITBY RYCROFT** (Chair)
- Beatrice Mary Dixon — appointed June 23, 2019
- Greg Solomon — appointed April 18, 2012
- Maureen May James — appointed Sept. 4, 2022