The Ripon Operatic Summer School

Analysis

The Ripon Operatic Summer School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rickmansworth. It was registered in November 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03447358). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Ripon Operatic Summer School reported income of £59k and spending of £52k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,811 to £59k (+3143%), an average of +139% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 2694%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Ripon Operatic Summer School sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 76% 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 Sefton Cu Trust (£59k), Stone and District Sports Association (£59k) and The Primrose Hall (£59k).