British Youth Opera

Analysis

British Youth Opera is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1988, 38 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 company (Companies House number 02322037). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Youth Opera reported income of £446k and spending of £351k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £244k to £446k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 115% 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, British Youth Opera sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beap (£445k), The Historical Diving Society (£446k) and Film and Video Umbrella (£445k).