The London Early Opera Company Ltd

Analysis

The London Early Opera Company Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in September 2011, 15 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 07759477). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The London Early Opera Company Ltd reported income of £25k and spending of £42k, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £53k to £25k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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 London Early Opera Company Ltd sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Abergavenny Borough Band (£25k), The Village Hall Church Lench (£25k) and The Carthusian Society Charitable Fund (£25k).