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Gothic Opera

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1190703Ba1 5btArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£97k2025-08-02
Spending£99ksame year
Spent / received97%5-year average
Size in its cause78th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2020CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Gothic Opera is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ba1 5bt. It was registered in August 2020, 6 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 August 2025, Gothic Opera reported income of £97k and spending of £99k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £51k to £97k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Gothic Opera sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Knaresborough Players Limited (£97k), Carpet Museum Trust (£98k) and Calder Valley Steiner Education Ltd. (£97k).

Income and spending

£0£26k£51k£77k£103k2021 Income: £50,5722021 Spending: £48,95520212022 Income: £96,7062022 Spending: £67,03120222023 Income: £58,5192023 Spending: £82,38220232024 Income: £102,5822024 Spending: £96,12320242025 Income: £97,4802025 Spending: £99,2042025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

The advancement of the art of opera by the provision of artistic projects including performances of rare works related to supernatural and/or gothic subjects.

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Knaresborough Players LimitedKnaresborough£97k
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