Opera Holland Park

Analysis

Opera Holland Park is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04515375). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Opera Holland Park reported income of £5.7m and spending of £5.6m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £3.2m to £5.7m (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Opera Holland Park sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 The Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (£5.7m), British Motor Industry Heritage Trust (£5.7m) and Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust (£5.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 58%, donations and legacies 31% and trading 9.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £242k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.2%. Reserves of £694k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.