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Operaglass Works Ltd

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1174372EssexArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£53k2025-11-30
Spending£24ksame year
Spent / received130%5-year average
Size in its cause70th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2017Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Operaglass Works Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in August 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10469051). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Operaglass Works Ltd reported income of £53k and spending of £24k, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income fell from £102k to £53k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2023, when income rose by 469%. Over the whole period it spent 130% 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, Operaglass Works Ltd sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Bees Village Hall Management Committee (£53k), Eccleshall Young Farmers' Club (£53k) and Fleet Arts (£53k).

Income and spending

£0£162k£324k£487k£649k2021 Income: £101,8812021 Spending: £129,35420212022 Income: £59,7392022 Spending: £45,89720222023 Income: £339,7772023 Spending: £648,88120232024 Income: £162,6502024 Spending: £87,22620242025 Income: £52,9662025 Spending: £23,9142025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Mount productions of high quality opera

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St Bees Village Hall Management CommitteeSt Bees£53k
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Fleet ArtsBelper£53k
Tamworth Musical Theatre CompanyStaffordshire£53k