Opera Australia Capital Fund UK

Analysis

Opera Australia Capital Fund UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in January 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 05653043). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Opera Australia Capital Fund UK reported income of £23k and spending of £4,067, leaving 82% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £20k to £23k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 44% 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 Australia Capital Fund UK sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Serpentine Community Garden Society Charitable Incorporated Organisation (£23k), 1st Hullbridge Scout Group (£23k) and Classical Sheffield (£23k).