Grange Park Opera

Analysis

Grange Park Opera is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Alresford. It was registered in February 1998, 28 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 03490791). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Grange Park Opera reported income of £4.0m and spending of £4.2m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3.4m to £4.0m (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Grange Park Opera sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cumbria Theatre Trust (£4.0m), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (£4.0m) and The Royal Bath and West of England Society (£4.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 60%, charitable activities 35% and investments 3.0%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.2%. Reserves of £3.8m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.