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UK Friends of Cape Town Opera

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1175984WeybridgeArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£485k2025-12-31
Spending£80ksame year
Spent / received33%5-year average
Size in its cause92nd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2017Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

UK Friends of Cape Town Opera is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Weybridge. It was registered in November 2017, 9 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, UK Friends of Cape Town Opera reported income of £485k and spending of £80k, leaving 84% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £22k to £485k (+2124%), an average of +117% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 721%. Over the whole period it spent 33% 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, UK Friends of Cape Town Opera sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Foundation for Young Musicians (£485k), Dr Radcliffe's Trust (£486k) and Wordsmith Awards (£485k).

Income and spending

£0£121k£243k£364k£485k2021 Income: £21,8302021 Spending: £20,08820212022 Income: £22,4202022 Spending: £14,12520222023 Income: £32,5722023 Spending: £42,09520232024 Income: £59,1502024 Spending: £47,08820242025 Income: £485,4472025 Spending: £80,0012025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The UK Friends of Cape Town Opera exists to raise funds, in accordance with its charitable objectives, for Cape Town Opera's youth development and education programme which provides opportunities for participation in opera in South Africa particularly among communities which are socially and economically disadvantaged. The UK Trust independently evaluates all support sent to Cape Town Opera

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Foundation for Young MusiciansLondon£485k
Dr Radcliffe's TrustTetbury£486k
Wordsmith AwardsManchester£485k
UK Jewish Film LtdLondon£486k