The Early Opera Company Limited

Analysis

The Early Opera Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in August 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04302402). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Early Opera Company Limited reported income of £67k and spending of £62k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £28k to £67k (+137%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 211%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, The Early Opera Company Limited sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wayward Productions Ltd (£67k), Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival (£67k) and The Bollington Arts Centre (£67k).