Opera North Future Fund

Analysis

Opera North Future Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in January 2008, 18 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Opera North Future Fund reported income of £121k and spending of £167k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £254k to £121k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 126% 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 North Future Fund sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The St Stephen's Restoration and Preservation Trust (£121k), Lighthouse Theatre (£121k) and The Meeting House Arts Centre Limited (£121k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.