Oxford Opera Trust CIO

Analysis

Oxford Opera Trust CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in January 2021, 5 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Oxford Opera Trust CIO reported income of £104k and spending of £163k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2025, income grew from £90k to £104k (+16%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Oxford Opera Trust CIO sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coffee Concerts Trust (£104k), Pow Thanet (£105k) and West Kent Federation of Women's Institutes (£104k).