Kentish Opera

Analysis

Kentish Opera is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in March 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02864170). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Kentish Opera reported income of £57k and spending of £62k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £27k to £57k (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Kentish Opera sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fall Into Place Theatre (£57k), The Merioneth County Federation of Young Farmers Clubs (£57k) and Crescent Community Radio Ltd (£57k).