New Chamber Opera

Analysis

New Chamber Opera is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in December 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03402769). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, New Chamber Opera reported income of £41k and spending of £42k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £30k to £41k (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 73% 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, New Chamber Opera sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northampton Transport Heritage (£41k), Cheltenham Music Society (£41k) and The National Youth Wind Orchestra (£41k).