Waterperry Opera Festival

Analysis

Waterperry Opera Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in April 2018, 8 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Waterperry Opera Festival reported income of £748k and spending of £697k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £229k to £748k (+226%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Waterperry Opera Festival sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Freedom Festival Arts Trust (£747k), Boys' and Girls' Clubs of Wales (£748k) and Sunderland Music, Arts & Culture Trust (£746k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 64%, donations and legacies 30% and trading 6.2%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 1.3%. Reserves of £90k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.