Charity Details

Scottish Opera

SC019787Registered charity from 20 March 1963

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Charity Information:

Address 39 Elmbank Crescent
Glasgow

Postcode G2 4PT

Website www.scottishopera.org.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

The advancement of education of the public in Scotland by the creation of opportunities for the people of Scotland to see and hear productions and performances of opera and ballet, music, dance, plaus and drama and of operatic, dramatic and other music.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

Scottish Opera is Scotland’s national opera company and largest performing arts organisation, founded in 1962 by Sir Alexander Gibson ‘to lay the treasures of opera at the feet of the people of Scotland’. Our repertoire ranges from the earliest operas to newly-commissioned world premieres. We collaborate with the world’s finest singers and creatives, our orchestra and choruses to produce world-class work at every scale and tour across Scotland to ensure performances are within reach of as many of the country’s dispersed population as possible. Our smaller tours visit over 50 venues across the mainland and islands. Our Education & Outreach programme, which celebrates 55 years in 2026, includes a Primary Schools Tour, bringing children the opportunity to perform alongside professional singers. Around 120 schools and 120,000 pupils take part each year. We aim to be inclusive and affordable through subsidised and free tickets, audio description and shorter access performances.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 20 Mar 1963

Main Operating Location: Glasgow City

Number of Staff: 164

Number of Charity Trustees: 13

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"

Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021	£12,790,687	£10,349,775	22 Dec 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£11,992,557	£12,074,422	24 Sept 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£13,663,468	£14,364,509	02 Oct 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£13,356,773	£12,685,759	05 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£13,946,830	£13,174,364	06 Feb 2026	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

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