City of Manchester Opera

Analysis

City of Manchester Opera is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sale. It was registered in March 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2024, City of Manchester Opera reported income of £13k and spending of £29k, spending 226% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to June 2024, income grew from £9,894 to £13k (+31%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, City of Manchester Opera sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Horsham Borough Band (£13k), Sunderland Symphony Orchestra (£13k) and The Bream Community Library Company Limited (£13k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.