Bristol Opera Company

Analysis

Bristol Opera Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Bristol Opera Company reported income of £19k and spending of £24k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £4,957 to £19k (+278%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Bristol Opera Company sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The UK Pantomime Association (£19k), The Allegri Singers (£19k) and Shastar Vidiya (£19k).